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Dear Sir, 

YOUR prefent fituation, in which, 
happily for the profeflbrs of the 
drama, and to the general fatisfadtion of 
the public, you have fucceeded two of 
the greateft Geniufes this age has pro- 
duced, renders the addreffing any thing 
in a dramatic form to you a fprt of in- 
difpenfable propriety ; but if i§ not your 
fituation that exads this tribute: the 
efteem, and real affedtion, I have many 
years had for yourfelf, are the only 
motives which induce pe thus publickly 
Xo boaft the honour qf your friendfliip ; 
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to commit the following pages to youi' 
toroteftion; to embrace this opportunity 
of informing ' thofe (if there are any) 
who do not know it, that your |)rivate 
virtues are as eminent as your public 
merits ; and to fubfcribe myfelf, 

« With the greateft refpeiS)^ 

Dear Sir, 
Ifour much obliged^ 

and very humble Servatit« 



Jan. I, lySj. 



The Editor* 



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PREFACE. 



^^TAltiOUS have been the attempts td copy 
^ the ftylc and manner of feteral of our itioft 
celebrated Poets ; fome of them ferious^ and others 
avdwedly burlefque. The imitatidns of Spenfer^ not^ 
withftanding the objef^ions that have been made to 
his language and ftanza^ are remarkably numerous (I 
iiave feen near thirty different ones, perhaps there are 
dthers I have not met with) % and many of them vety 
happily executed; 

Shakfpeai^e (unlefs we may e^ttiept Kenrick's Fal« 
flaff's Wedding) has hitherto proved, and ic is moft 
likely will continue^ inimi tables 

The pomp of Milton has been as fuccefsfully a* 
humouroufly affumed by Philips; and the Pipe of 
Tobacco^ written in imitation of fix feveral aiuhors, 
bas been univerfally applauded and admired. 

But none of thefe, whether well or indiflerently 
performed, either added to> or diminilhcd, the beauty 
of their Prototype. Th* various cantos and fmall 

b poem? 



vl PREFACE. 

poems written in imitatioiv of Spenfer, from Sir 
Richard Fanfliawc^ the tranflator of 11 Paftor Fldo^ 
and the Lufiad ; to Mr. Mickle, who has enriched 
our libraries with fo truly poetrcai a terfion of the 
fublime Camoens ; were never I bdieve iptended to 
fupply the place of any part of the loft, or not- 
written Books of the Faerie Queenc; the tragedy of 
Jane Shore, and other profeffed imitations of our 
immortal dramatill, were never propofed to be in- 
coporaced in any collection or edition of Shakfpeare's 
works : nor do I imagine, though money is fo general 
a fuccedaneum for happinefs, that the Splendid Shil- 
ling was ever confidered as a fupplcment to P^iradife 
Loil. The work now fubmitted to the public ftands 
in a very different predicament from apy I have men- 
tioned, or alluded to; for though it can neither help 
us " to paint the lily/' or •• throw a perfume on 
" the violet ;'* It may, by an humbie attendance on^ 
give a confequence to, or by its meanncfs degrade, the 
company it has had the temerity to intrude into. 
Yet is not this arduous attempt to continue and com- 
plete the juftly-admired Paftoral of the Sad. Shepherd 
arrogantly, but " in trembling hope** annexed to the 
original Fragment by Joi\fon; to become, Ihould it 
be found worthy, his by adoption; or, if *^ all too 
mean/' to be rejected, and configned to its deferved 
obliTidn. 

The new ptirt of the third ad is written, it is pre* 
fumed, agWeably to the plan laid down in Jonfon's 

argu- 



PREFACE. vU 

argument ; which» though he did not finifll the dia- 
logue for it, appears to contain all the intended bu« 
finefs of that a£l; the remainder is intirely invented : 
at lead there is no other clue tranfmiited to u% 
whereby to guefs at the Author's ultimate defign, 
than that Reubeny a devout hermiti in the lift of 
perfons^ is calied| The Reconciler \ which I have 
accordingly made him. I am aware that many 
paifages may be thought unneceifarily long and te* 
dious ; fomc even in the original, would, were it not 
for their great beauty, be deem'd fo : but the piece 
was never intended by me^ whatever it might have 
been by Jonfon, for reprefentation ; and we often 
read with attention and delight a length of monologue 
or dialogue, that would be infufferable on the (tage. 
The dialeft likewifc of fome pf the charaftcrs is 
very uncouth ; and not always in the original, as well 
as copy, CQFre^ : in the ^tter the old Scpttifh plural, 
Kic, is twice ufed in the Angular ; but it is by the 
3wine*herd, Lorel, whom we may fuppofe no very 
accurate fpeaker^ It n(iay be no improper quedion 
to a(k, why the Witch, Maudlin, and her family, 
who a^e refident near Belvoir paftle, in Leicefterfhlre, 
are made tq fpeak a Scottifb diale£l } or, why fome 
of the charafters in Jonfon's Talc of a Tub, the 
^ene of which was fo. near London, that it is now 
almoft abforb'd in itj^ fliould fpeak the Sora^rfctlhirc 

^Jialca? 

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To the ibrmcr I reply, that Scotland fe^ms to hayi^ 
beea more particularly the region of witchcraft ; J 
mean the belief in, and imaginary pr^ice of it ^ 
. which I coyld citp pnany proofs of, were it neceflary 5 
and it is Dp unreafonable fuppofition that Maudlii> 
(admitting the real exiftcnce of fuch a perfbnage) 
Vfzs originally of that country ; bani(he4 it for her 
mifdeeds, like Shakfpeare's Sycorax from Argier ; 
and now fettled in a more (buthem part of the 
ifland. 

Scathlock has fomething of the fame mode oB 
fpeech ; but I am apt to think, upon a revifion, the 
dialeft of the county where the fcepc lies would have 
been more properly appropriated to him } I have 
nevcrthelefs continued it as J found it. 

Jonfon has been extremely irregular in his vcr- 
fification in this Paftoral ; blank verffc and rime 
being huddled together, with feldpm any apparent 
reafon for the mixture pr traqfitipn. Ihefe blemiihe^ 
if fuch I may prefume tp call them, have been intei"^^ 
tionally copied, in the np-doubt-vain endeavour that 
the whole might appear of a piec^. Who cannot 
copy faults? Dr. Johnfon, in bi$Life of Jphn Philips, 
very truly fays, " Deformity is eafily copied." 

It is indeed th<^ fate pf moft imiiarors to produce 
unintentionally, except when done in ridicule, a %o\cr 
rable likenefs of nothing elfe that can hp found in, 
or is attribyted to their chofen archetype. The coht 
tinuator of The Sad Shepherd is fenlible how necef- 
fary it is to the m/jole appearing of a piece y that tht 



PREFACE. ix 

gr^0r of tfee p^rts fupplied as well a^ the defeBs^ 
fSgm^ b^ fi^milar to thq^e of the fragment; but it 
lifpuld be a mpft egr^egioas aod uopair^lleled felf« 
^atCtery^ wc^ hp |p hop^ that beauties^ howe¥er 
tlUnly fpwn, coulcj be foiand in the copy, coropajrabla 
to thoie we ar^ gratified with in almoft every jlioie of. 
the admirably, the delightful original. As Jo^fpOr 
pot only nji^e qp fig:rijpk of borrowiqg ffo» wfeoever 
he thpiight worthy pf that boaour, but aUb recom- 
eojsij.djs thf pr^ftic^, ijf PPt fervikly done, in bis Difm 
feveries ; aj)d sis bfs imijapons of Theocritas, Spenfcrj 
Drayton, &c. are evident iji wh^t he 1^ kft us pf 
bis Paftorni 5 (ho^d finailarities to thefe, or ^ny other 
Foe® b^ pei?ceived in the contijiqatip» ; npt (to ufo 
IJen's wprd§) taken in crude, raw, or iodigefted; 
bat cpucQQed J the fweets of various flowci^ worked 
iU9 honijy of one reliib and faTour ; Ihould fucfcr 
wliations appear, it is hoped they will meet th^ 
f4i»e aUowaqce with thofe in the original fragment^ 

Ch^e paifage I mufl; beg particular indulgence for ; 
JilglcttQour's fpeech in the third ad, on bearing 
Eariae'S voice when (be fings in the tree, being 
chiefly bopfqwcd from Jonforn hinifelfr In aft V. 
there is a remarkable i^militude in the lines beginning 
with " My cpronal compofed of, &c/' to part of an 
Ode by the ingenious Mifs Seward, which Ode I be- 
lieve wa9 npt written till after this cpntinuatiofl was 



3ome 



X PREFACE* 

Some few liberties have been taken with Jonfon^t 
text of the Sad Shepherd^ as exhibited in the folio^ 
164O9 and in Mr. Whalley's excellent edition of 
The Works of Ben Jonfon, 1 7^6, but the notes arc 
copied verbatim from Mn Whalley ; which liberty^ 
as well as fome others^ it is requefted of that gentle* 
nan to be fo good to excufe : whenever therefore, 
as is fometimes the cafe^ the text and notes difagree, 
the reafon will be found in the fupplemental notes^ 
annexed to the continuation ; in which the refereacet 
are made to Mr. Whalley's edition of the Paftoral| 
and not to the prefeut one. 

The arguments^ though in fome places, I thinly 
inaccurately written, are given as in the former 
editions ; except the fubftituting Goblin for Daughter 
Jn that of the third Adl; which alteration is wart 
ranted by Jonfon'^ Dialogue. To the two laft aft^ 
there are no arguments prefixed j for what purpofe 
could they anfwer, but the bad one of pre-informing 
the reader of what he (hould learn in the gradual 
progrefs of the poem i and I am of opinion that 
Jonfon, had he lived to have compleated and pubi» 
Ixfiied his Sylvan Tale, would have fuppreffed the 
three arguments handed down to us. As the matter 
now ftands, it is a happy circuraftance that, by the 
completion of the third argument, we are informed 
of the Poet's defign throughout that aft ; and it were 
^ a confummation deyoutly to be wi(hcd,'* though 
5 the 



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tixe dialogvre had been ivanting, that we had argu- 
ments for the remainder of the Story, as intended 
by The Maker: the incidents he had, or would have, 
planned, muft (paft doubt muft) have been produ<^ive 
of much more interefting f^tuations than can be ex* 
pefted in this weak effay to fupply his deficience. ' 

Should the fame obfervations undefignedly occur 
here, and in the fuppiemental notes; the candid 
reader I am perfuaded will think, if they are in any 
degree worthy his attention, that they had better be 
mentioned twice than not at all. 

Mr. Whalley, in his elegantly-pathetic lamen- 
tation for the lofs of the remainder of Jonfon's Paf- 
toral^ fubjoined to his and the prefent edition, aptly 
-compares what we have of it to the remains of an 
ancient piece of fculpture* 

I will adopt the idea ; and in €;xtenuation of the 
boldnefs of my undertaking, obferve that although 
part of the celebrated Venus de Medici^ is faid to be 
t)f (comparatively) modern workmanfhip, and very 
inferior to that of the antique Siatue» to which it is 
adjoined ; yet as, by means of fuch addition, it now ap- 
pears without mutilation, and fills the eye and min4 
with a view and contemplation of a perfeS whole \ fo 
Jonfon's Sad Shepherd having come down to us in 
nearly the fame predicament in which that precious 
relick of ftatuary flood, before fome venturous hand 
attempted its completion ; I prefume to fay that how* 
ever infcriour the modern part now added may, and 

inevitably 



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Inevitably mtift be, to the exquifite fragment tee Wdf tt 
before poffeffed of j yet, if executed at all irt the 
jsannerand fpirit of the original, it will give tht 
intork at leaft a feeming peffeftncfs ; though ever fo 
ihort of that perfedion, to which " Rare Ben** him- 
felf, had he flnifhed it with an untited hand, wouldt 
certainly hare wrought it# 




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SAD SHEPHERD: 

O R, A 

T ALE 

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ROBIN HOOD. 

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THE 

P R O L O G U E, 

HE that hath fcafted ybu thefe forty ycai-s, 
And fitted fables for yout finer ears^ 
Although at firft he fcarce could hit the bore ; 
Yet you, with patience harkning more and more, 
At length have grown up to him and made knoWiJ, 
The working of his pen is now your own : 
He prays you would vouehfafe^ fot your own &ke, 
To hear him this once more^ but fit awake. 
And though he tiow j^refent you with fuch wool^ 
As from rriere Englifli flocks his miife can piill, 
lie hopes when it is made up inro cloth. 
Not the moft curious head here will be loth 
To wear a hood of it, it being a fleece, 
^o match, or thofe of Sicily^ or Greece* 
tlis fcenc is Sherwood, and his play a Tale^ 
Of Robiii Hood^s inviting from the vale 
Of BeVoir, all the fhepherds to a feaft : 
"Where, by the cafual abfence of one guefl:. 
The mirth is troubled much^ and in one man 
As much of fadnefs fliewn as pafllion can : 
The fad young fliepherd, whom we here prefent. 
Like his woes figure, dark and difcontent; 

[T'hefadjhepherdpajfethftlently ovtr the fiage. 
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4 The P R O L O G U E. 

For his loft love, who in the Trent is faid 
To have mifcarricd •, *las ! what knows the head 
Of a calm river, whom the feet have drownM ? 
Hear what his forrows are ; and if they wound 
Your gentle breafts, fo that the end crown all, 
Wtich in the fcope of one day's chance may fall : 
Old Trent will fend you more fuch tales as thefe, 
And (hall grow young again as one doth pleafe. 

[Here the Prologue, thinking to end, returns 
upon a newpurpofe^ and /peaks on. 

But here's an herefy of late let fall. 
That mirth by no means fits a paftoral : 
Such fay fo, who can make none, he prcfumes : 
Elfe there's no fcene more properly affumes 
The fock. For whence can fport jn kind arife, , 
But from the rural routs and families ? 
Safe on this ground then, we not fear to-day. 
To tempt, your laughter by our ruftick play. 
' Wherein if we diftafte, or be cry'd down. 
We think we therefore fhall not leave the town ; 
Nor that th^ fore-wits that would draw the reft; 
Unto thefir liking, always like the beft. 
The wife and knowing critick will not fay. 
This worft, or better is, before he weigh 
Wher every piece be perfeft in the kind ; 
And then, though in thcmfelves he difference find, 

* jyijerein if nvf di state, or he cry*d dawn,'] Diftaie hath no 
meaning ; wc muiF rcftorc a finglc letter to give it one. D'Jiafte is 
the true reading \ the fcafe dljfleafe^ ^fg^ftt common to the writcrft 
of this a|zc« 

Yet 



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Yet if the pl^ce require it where ihey floods 

The equal fitting makes them equal good. ^ ; 

You (hail have love and hate, and jc^alouQr^ : ^ *' - 

As well as mirth, and rage, and melancholy i ' 

Or whatfoever clfc may cither nioye. 

Or ftiraffcdions, and your likings prove. 

But that no ftile for pafloral (hould go 

Current, but what is ftamp'd with Ah and O: 

Who judgcth fo, may Angularly err ; 

As if all poefie had one charafter : 

In which what'wcre not written, were not right. 

Or that the man who made fuch one poor flight. 

In his whole life, had with his winged Ikill 

Advanced him upmoft on the mufes hil}. 

When he like poet yet remains, as thofe 

Ar^ painters who can only make n role 

From fuch your wits redeem you, or your chance, ^ 

Left to>ag«5eater height you do advance / . 

Of folly, to contemn thofc that, are knowq 

Artificers, apd truft fuch as are none. 



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The P E R s o wr s of tfee P l a r. 



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Obin Hood, The cbief Wb(>dman, mafter of the 
Marian, His Lady, the Miftrcfs. [Feaft, 

^hdr Family. 
The Chaplain and Steward. 
Bow-bearer. 



Friar Tuck, 
Little John, 
Scarlet, 
scathlock, 
George aG^ejn, 

MtXCH, 

Clarioit, 

Lionel, 

Alken, 

^Eglamour, 

Karolin, 

Mellifleu|i, 

Amie, 

Earine, 

Maudi-in, 
Douce, 
Lorell, 
Puck HairY;^ 



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Two Brothers, Huntfmen. 

Huiflier of the Bower. 

Robin Hood^s Bailiff, or Acater* 

"The Guefts invited. 
The Rich 



The Courn^ous 
The Sage 



Shepherds. 



vShepherdeflcs. 



Reuben, 



The Sad 
The Kin4 
The Sweet 
"The Gentle 
The Beautiful 

^he ^roubles unexpe£ied. [wick. 
The Ehvious, the Witch of Paple? 
The Proud, her Daughter. [Son, 
The Rude, a Swin'ard, the Witch's 
Or, Robin Goodfellow, their Hind. 

The Reconciler. 
A Devout Hermit.' 



The SCENE, SHERWOOD; 

Confifting of a landfcape of a foreft, hills, valleys, 
cottages, a caftle, a river, paftures, herds, flocks, 
all full of country fimplicity ; Robin Hood's bower, 
his well, the witch's dimble, the fwine'ard's oak^ 
the hermit's cell. 



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The Sad Shepherd. 

O R, 

A Tale of Robin Hood^ 

The Argument of the Firft A&. 

** T^ OBIN hood, having invited all the 
*^ 1^ ihepherds and Ihepherdefles of the vale of 
^^ JL m. Be' voir to a feaft in the foreft of Sherwood, 
'* and trailing to his miftrefs, maid Marian^ vi^ich her 
^* woodmen, to kill him venifon againft the day: 
*• having left the like charge with friar Tuck his chap- 
'' lain and fleward, to command the reft of his merry 
*^ men to fee the bower made ready, and all things 
*• in order for the entertainment : meeting with his 
** guefts at their entrance into the wood, welcomes 
** and condufts them to his bower. Where, by the 
** way, he receives the relation of the fad ftiepherd 
** JEglamour, who is fallen into a deep melancholy for 
•' the lofs of his beloved Earine, reported to have been 
•* drowned in paffing over the Trent, fome few days 
*^ before. They endeavour in what they can to com- 
** fort him : but his difeafe having taken fuch ftrong 
*^ root, all is in vain, and they are forced to leave 
♦' him. In the mean time, Marian is come from hunt- 

B 4 '' ing 



8 . Yhe Sad Shepherd. 

" ing with the huntfmen, where the lovers inter- 
*^ changtrably exprefs their loves. Robin Hood en-'^ 
** quires if fhe hunted the deer at force, and what 
** Iport he made ? how long he flood ? and what head 
^* he bore ? Alt which is briefly anfw.ere<J, w^th a re- 
*^ larion-of brea1<ing*hifh vrp, arid the raven, and 
*V her bone. The fufped had of that raven tQ 
*^ be Maudlin the witch of Paplewick, whom one 
*' of the huntfmen met i' the morning at the rouz- 
•* ing of the deer, and rs confirmed, by her being 
'* then in Robin^ Hood's kitchin,i'4hechifnneytCorn^V^ 
'* broiling the fame bit which was thrown to the ra- 
*' ven at the quarry or fall of the deer. Marian being 
*^ gone in to Ihew \ he deer to fome of the (Hepherde0es, 
•* returns inftantly ro the fcene, difcontented ; fends 
'* away the yenifoa (he had killed, to her they call the 
" u itch ; q^jarrtls with her love Robin Hood, abufeth 
** him, and his guefts the Ihepherds; and fo departs, 
^* leaving then) all in wonder and perplexity.** 



A C T I. S C E N E. 1. 
S CE N E;, ^ Grove. 

iEglamour enters. 

ERE Pp.e was wont to go ! and here ! and herd 
X 1 juft where thole daifies, pinks, and violets grow: 
Thr world may find the fpring by following her ^ 
For other print her airy Ueps ne'er left : 
Her treacling would not bend a blade of grafs ! 
Or fnaice the downy Blow-tall from his ttalk ! 
But like the fuft weit Wind Ihe (hot along, 
And where (he went, the flowers took thickeft root. 
As ihe had Ibw'd 'ei^ with her odorous foot. 

\Ey:it i^Iglamour. 
SCENE 



SCENE 11. 
SCENE, the entrance to Robin Hood's bower. 

Marian, Tuck, George a Green, and Much, enier 
from the bower. 

Mar. Know you, or can you guefs, niy merry men. 
What *tis that kreps your mafter^ Kobin Hood^^ . 
So long, both from his Marian, and the Wood ? 

Tuc. Forfooth, madam, he will be iierc by noon^ 
And prays it of your bounty, 4s a boon. 
That you by then have kill'd him venifon fome. 
To feaft his jolly friends, who hither come 
In threaves to froUck with him, and make cheer; 

John and Woodmen enier* 
Here's Little John hath harboured you a deer, 
I fee by his tackling. 

John. And a hart of ten % 
I trow he be, madam, or blame your men : 
* For by his flot, his entries, and his port. 
His frayings, fewmcts, he doth promife fport, 

And 

' AmJa HART OF TEN 

J tnnv he he ■■] Mr. Warburton, in his note of Shake- 

fpear's 7<i/»/»j' rf the Sbrevo^Hi^ 2. fcene6. hath interpreted this 
phrafe, to lignify only an extraordinary good one : but ivith fub- 
mifTion t« fo judicious an autherity, the expreffion is taken from the 
foreft, and relates to the age of the deer. When a hart^ faya 
Manwood, is pad his fixth year, he is generally to be trailed a hart 
of ten ; and afterwards according to the increafe of his head, whe- 
ther he be croched, palmed, t r crowned. Of the forefl la^vs^ 
p. 28. edit. 4to. 1598.. So likewife in the iixth fcene we have the 
expreflion a^ain, forked! a hart often* 

* For hy bis slot, his ENTRIES, t^L\\ Thefc arc all terms of 
the chafe, and (hould be explained to a common reader. The flot 
is the print of a flag's foot upon the ground; entries arc places 
through which deer have lately paded, by which their (ize is gueiTcd 
at ; facings arc the pillings of their horns ; and a deer is laid to 



to 5R5i? &ad Shephei^, 

And (landing Yore the dogs, he bears a head 
Large and well beam'd; with all rights fommM and 

[fpread. 
J^far. Let's rouze him quickly, and lay on the 

[bounds. 
J/>bn. Scaithlock is ready with them on the grounds ; 
So is his brother Scarlot : now thay *ave found 
His layre, they have him fure within the, pound. 

Miir. Aw^ then, when my Robin bids a feaft, 
'Twere fb in Marian to defraud a gMft. 

[£irtfiii»/^ Marian, Joto/^^i Woodmen^ 

SCENE m. 

Manent Tuok^ George a Green^ and Muck. 

^uc. And I, the chaplain, here am left to be 
Steward to-day, and charge you, all m fee. 
To d'on your liveries, fee the bower dreft,. 
And fit the fine devices for the feaft : 
You, George, mull care to make the baldric ' trim. 
And garland that muft crown, or her, or him. 
Whole flock this year hath brought the earlicft lamb» 
, Geo. Good father Tuck, at your commands I am 
To cut the table out o' the green fword. 
Or any other fervicc for my lord ; 
To carve the gueils large feats ; and thefe lain in 
With turfe (as foft and fmooth as the mole's Ikin :) 
And hang the bulled nofegays 'bove their heads*. 

The 

fray her heatf^ wlicn (he robs it againft a tree to renew it^ or to caufe 
tl e outward coat of her new horns to fall off; the fi^vmeH/s are the 
dung ot a deer. Whether all thefe terms are ftill in ufe a niongft mo- 
dern fportfmeo, or whether the application of them is right, I koovv 
not : for the laft the poet is anfwerable. 

* To make /-^<r BALpRic trim,] The Scarf, Belt^ or Sajh. 

* j^nd hang- the BULLED nojcgays ^bove their heaJs.'] BulleJy Of 
J^//r^, lignilics a thing fwelled, and ready to break its inclofure; 
and is properly applied to corn, when it is jvUd burfting into ear. 

3 Thus 



The Sad Shepherd. J,j: 

The piper's bank, whereon to fit and play. 
And a fair dial to mete out the day ^ 
Our matter's feafl: fhall want no juft delights : 
His entertainments muft have all the rites. 

Muc, I, and all choice that plenty can fend in % 
Bread, wine, acates, fowl, feather, fi(h or fin,; 
For which my father's nets have fwept the Trent* 

\^M^2xc\^\AV enters tathm^ 

JEg. And ha' you found her ? 

Muc* Whom ? 

^g. My drowned love, 
Earine ! the fweet Earine ! 
The bright and beautiful Earine ! 
Have you not heard of my Earine ? 
Juft by your facherV mill (I think Vm right) 
Are not you Much the miller's fon ? 

Muc. I Sim, 

Mg. And bailifir to brave Robin Hood i 

Afoc. The fame. 

JEg* Clpfc by your father's mills, Earine ! 
Earine was drown'd ! O my Earine ! 
(Old Maudlin tells me fo, and Douce her daughter) 
Ha' you fwept the river, fay you ? and not found her ? 

Muc. For fowl and fifh we have. ^ 

jSg. O, not for her? 
You're goodly friends ! right charitable men ! 
Nay, keep your way ; and leave me : make your toys. 
Your tales, your pofies, that you talk'd of ; all 
Your entertainments : you not injure me ; 
Only if I may enjoy my cyprcfs wreath ! 
And you will let me weep ! ('tis all I afk ;) 

Thus it is fald in Exodus^ ix. 3 1 . ** The barley was in the ear, and 
•* the flax was lolled,^* The learned editor of Junius tells us it is 
derived from the Cambro'Briton ho/i, foDiculus ; a^id the iulkdno/igays 
fecm to mean a uofegay of flowers that are full blown. 

^ To MEET our the day,] The letters muA here change places $ 
the true word is meie. 

Till 



9k ^he Sad Shepherd. 

Till I be turuM to water, as was (he ! 

And troth, what lefs fuit can you grant a man ? ^ 

^uc. His phantafie is hurt, let us now leave him : ' 
The wound is yet too frelh to admit fcarching. 

l^Exit Tuck. 

jEg. Searching ? where (hould I fearch? or on what 

[track? 
Can my flow drop of tears, or this dark (hade 
About my brows, enough deVcribe her lofs ! 
Earine ! O my Earine's lofs ! 
No, no, no; this heart will break firft. 

Geo. How will this fad difafter ftrike the ears ' 
Of bounteous Robin Hood, our gefttle mafter ! 

Muc. How will it mar his mirth, abate his feaft ; 
And ftrike a horror into every gucft ! 

[Exeunt Much and George. 

jEg. If I could knit whole clouds about my brows. 
And weep like Swithin, or thofe watry figns, • 
The kids that rife then, and drown all the flocks 
of thofe rich (hepherds, dwelling in this vale ; 
Thofe carelefs (hepherds that did let her drown; 
Then ItSid fomething: or could make old Trent 
Prunk with my forrow, to ftart out in breaches. 
To drown their herds, their cattle, and their corn ; 
Break down their mills, their dams, 6'erturti their 

[wears % 
And fee their houfes and whole livelihood 
Wrought into water with her, all were good : 
rid kils the torrent, and thofe whirles of Trent, 
That fuck'd her in, my fweet Earine! ^ 

When they have call her ^body on the (hore. 
And it comes up as tainted as themfelves. 
All pale and bloodlcfs, I will love it ftill, 

* Overturn their wares.] Not goods, or merchandife ; but 
mccars, er as the (olio reads weereSy heads or fluces of water, 

5 if'ljcn they ha-je cajt THEIR ho^.'\ . It (hould evident! v be read 
her body ; ami five lines lovv<^, the looks fhouid be her looks. 

For 



For all th^t they can do, and make *cm inad, 
To fee how i will hug it in mine arms ! 
And "hang upon hex looks, dwell on her.eycy, 
Fecid round about her lips, and eat her kilTcs! 
Suck off her drowned fieQi ! and wbere's their malice ? 
Not all tl}eir envious foufing can change that : 
•But I will ftill lludy focne revenge paft this ! 
I pray you give mte leave, for I will fludy. 
Though all the bells, pipes, tabors, timburines ring. 
That you can plant about me : I will ftudy. 

[jk^2in\Q\xx retires ^ and Jits on a hankrumi$uUing. 

S C E N E IV. 

Enter '[to bim] Robin Hood, Clarion, Mell'flcur, 
* Lionel, Amie, Aiken, Tuck, Servants, witb mufick 
of nil forts. 

£(7^. Welcome, bright Clarion, and fweet Mellifleur, 
The courteous Lionel, ' fair Amie •, all 
My friends and neighbours to the jolly bower 
Of Robin Hood, and to the green-wood walks : 

.* Now that the (bearing of your fheep is done. 
And the wafh'd flocks are lighted of their wool*, 

X TKe fmoother ewes are ready to receive 
The mounting rams again •, and lx)th do feed. 
As either promis'd to increafe your breed 
At eaning-tiaie, and bring you lully twins. 
Why (hould or you or we fo much forget 
The feafon in our felves, as not to make 
Ufe of our youth and fpirits to awake 

; The qimble horn-pipe, and the timburine. 
And mix our fongs and dances in the wood, 

*^ k^r^ fair Amie:} The folio of 1640 leaves out and, 
* Are LiQ^Th-D 0/ their iMooLI This is cither a^ corruption ; or 
Ugrted^ In Jwnfon^s age, was what wc oow call lighitt^d. 

And 




14 ^i>^ Sad Sbephti, 

And each of us cut down a triumph bough ? 
Such were the rit^s the youthful June allow ^ 

Cla. They wtre, gay Robin,^ but the fowrer fori 
Of fliepherds now difclaim in all fuch fport : 
And fay, our flock the while are poorly fed. 
When with fuch vanities the fwains are led. 

^uc. W^ould they, wife Clarion, were nothqrried 
With covetife and rage, when to their ftore [mofd 
They add the poor man's eanling, and dare fell 
Both fleece and carcafs, not gi'ing him the fell. 
When to one goat they reach that prickly weed. 
Which maketh all the reft forbear to feed ; 
Or ftrew Tods hairs *, or with their tails do fweep 
The dewy grafs, to do'ff the Ampler fheep ; 
Or dig deep pits their neighbours neat to vex. 
To drown the calves^ and crack the heifers necks % 
Or with pretence of chafing thence the brock *, 
Send in a cur to worry the whole flock. 

Lio. O friar, thole are faults that are not feen* 
Ours open, and of worft example been. 
They call ours Pagan paftimes, that infeft 
Our blood with cafe, our youth with all negleft : 
Our tongues with wantonnefs, our thoughts withluft| 
And what. they cenfure ill, all others muft. 

Roh. I do not know what their (harp fight may fee^ 
Qf late, but I ftiould think it ftill might be 

* Such 'vjere the rites the youthful June alIo*iV. 
cla. Th^ were, gay Rcbin^ but the fowrer fort 

Of Shepherds t nonv disclaim in allf]uchfj)ort.'\ In thefcandthe 
following verfes, the author particularly alludes to the cenfures and 
ilMiumour of the Puritans. They had a ftrange averfion to wake« 
and may-games, which they coniidered as remains of Paganifm ; 
and the diilike was greatly increafed by the indulgence granted tof 
the country-pcople, in the exercife of their rural (ports, on holiday^, 
and funday afternoons. The exprellion difclaim in^ which I oqcef 
thought a corruption for difclaimeu^ I have fhewn, in a note upon 
the Fox^ to be the didion of that age. 

♦ Or flrfjj To0s hairs.'] Tod is a Scotdi word for a fox. 

5 Qf 'wiibprftenci of chciftng thence the brock.] i. c# The badg&* 

(As 



Tbe Sad Shephml. 5I5 

(As 'twas) an h^ppy age, when on the jdains 
The woodmen met the damfels, and the fwain^. 
The neat-herds, plowmen, and the pipers loud, 
And each did dance, fome to the kit or crowdj 
Some to the bag-pipe, fome the ubret mov'd. 
An 1 all did either love, or were beloved. 

Lio. The dextrous Ihepherd then would t^r his flii^ 
Then dart his hook at daifies, then would £ng j 
Sometimes would wreftle. 

Cla. Ay, and with a lafs : 
And give her a new garment on the grafs ; 
After a courfe at barley-break, or bale, 

Lio. And all thefe deeds were feen without ofiencCi 
Or the leaft hazard of their innocence. 

Rob. Thofe charitable times had no miftruft : 
Shepherds knew how to love, and not to luft. 

Cla. Each minute that we lofe thus, I confefs^ 
Dcferves a cenfure on us, more or lefs ; 
But that a (adder chance hath given allay 
Both to the mirth and mulick of this dajr. 
Our faireft Ihepherdefs we had of late, "" 
Here upon Trent, is drown'd ; for whom her mate. 
Young iEglamour, a fwain, who beft could tread 
Our country dances, and our games did lead. 
Lives like the melancholy turtle, drown'd 
Deeper in woe, than Ihe in water : crown'd 
With yew, and cyprcfs % and will fcarce admit 
The phyfick of our prefcncc to his fit. 

Lio. Sometimes he fits, and thinks allday, then walk39 
Then thinks again, and iighs, weeps, lau^s aad talks \ 

^ Ltnfes Kke tki mtlanehofy turtle^ drsnion^d iitifef 
In VMH thtmjbt in vuutr : crawH^ti 

With jtw^ cyfrefs,'] Th^ reader wW jBafily pereelre the 
irruption of thele lines, and the obvious emendation of them. 
The word de^ (hould begin the following yrttki and the particle 
0fid moft be iflfinted between jr»v and ^tfu 

And 



t6 the Sad Sbephird. 

And 'twixt his plcafing frenzy, and fad ^rief. 

Is fodift rafted, as no fought relief 

By all our ftudies c^n procure his peace. 

Cla. The padion finds in him that Idrge increafe. 
As we doubt hourly we (hall lofe him too. 

Rob. You Ihould not crofs him then, whatever you dd^ 
^ For phantTie ftoppM, will foon take fire, and burn 
Into an anger, or t' a phrenfie turn. 

Cla. Nay, fo we are advis'd by Aiken here, 
A good fage Ihephcrd, who, altho' he wear 
An old worn hat and cloke^ can tell u$ more 
Than all the forward fry that boaft their lore. 

Lio. See, yonder comes the brother of the tnaid, 
Young Karolin ! how curious and afraid 
He is at once ! willing to find him out. 
And loth t* oSiind him. 

Aiken, Sure he's here about. 

SCENE V. 

Karolin enters to Robin Hood, Clarion, Mellifleur*, 
Lionel, Amie, Aiken, and ^glamour, who is Jit'- 
ting upon a hank by. 

Cla. See where he fits. 

Mg. It will be rare, rare, rare ! 
An exquifire revenge ; but peace, no words ! 
Not for the faireft fleece of all the flock : 
If it be known afore, *tis all worth nothing ! 
ni carve it on the trees, and in the turfc, 
On every greenfworth, and in. every path, 
Juft to the margin of the cruel Trenc ; 
There will I knock the ftory in the ground, 
In fmooth great pebble, and mofs fill it round. 
Till the whole country read how (lie was drown'd \. 

7 Till the lubole country read Jht w/tj dro^t?^\ The foHo of 1640* 
gives us the word bow^ which compleica the ineafurc, 1641 the fame. 

And 



^he Sad Shepherd. 1 7 

And with the plenty of fait tears there Ihed, 
Quite alter the complexion of the fpring. 
^ Or I will get fomc old, old grandam thither, 
* Whofe rigid foot but dipp'd into the water. 
Shall ftrike that (harp and fudden cold throughout. 
As it fhall lofe all virtue ; and thofe nymphs, 
Thofe treacherous nymphs puird in Earine, 
Shall (land curl'd up like images of ice. 
And never thaw ! mark, never ! a (harp juftice ! 
Or flay, a better ! when the year's at hotteft. 
And that the dog-ftar foams, and the ftream boils. 
And curls, and works, and fwclls ready to fparkle 5 
To fling a fellow with a fever in. 
To fet it all on fire, till it burn 
Blue as Scamander, 'fore the walls of Troy, 
When Vulcan leap'd in to him to confume him. 

Rob. A deep hurt phant'fie. 

jEg. Do you not approve it ? 

Rob. Yes, gentle iEglamour, we all approve. 
And come to gratulate your juft revenge : 
Which, fince it is fo perfcd, wc now hope 
You'll leave all care thereof, and mix with us. 
In all the profFer'd folace of the fpring. 

JEg. A fpring, now (he is dead : of what, of thorns ? 
Briars and brambles ? thiftles, burs and docks ? 
Cold hemlock ? yew ? the mandrake, or the box ? 
Thefe may grow ftill ; but what can fpring befide ? 
Did not the whole earth ficken when (he died ? 
As if there fince did fall one drop of dew. 
But what was wept for her ! or any ftalk 
Did bear a flower ! or any branch a bloom, 
After her wreath was made ! in faith, in faith, 

♦ Whofe RIGID foot hut clipfdinto the w^/rr,] Mr. Theobald, dif- 
likuig rigid, gives us the epithet ///^/</, in his margin, and quotes 
Shakefpear's authority in Hamlet \ but he furely forgot that rigid \% 
the more expTclTive teim, and much more agreeable to the latinized 
phraftology of jonfoii. * 

C You 




1 8 TChe Sad Shepherd. 

You do not fair to put thcfe things upon mc. 
Which can in no fort be : Earine, 
Who had her very being, atid her name % 
With the firft knots or buddings of the fprfng, 
Born with the primrofe or the violet. 
Or earlieft rofes blown : when Cupid fmil'd. 
And Venus led the Graces out to dance, 
And all the flowers and fweets in Nature's lap 
Lcap'd out, and made their folemn conjuration. 
To lafl: but vihile (he liv'd : do not I know 
How the vale withered the fame day ? how Dove, 
Dean, Eye, and Erwalh, Idel, Snite and Soare, 
Each broke his ftrn, and twertty waters more. 
That fwcird proud Trent, flirunk themfclves dry ) 

[thatfince 
No fun or moon, or other cheerful ftar, 
Look'd out of heaven ! but all the cope was dark. 
As it were hung fo for her exequies ! 
And not a voice or (ound to ring her knell ! 
But of that difmal pair, the fcritching owl,- 
And buzzing hornet ! Hark ! hark ! hark ! the foul 
Bird ^ ! how Ihe flutters with her wicker' wings ! 

Peace ! 

« Earine, 

IVho had her ifery beings and her, name ^ 

With thefirjl knots or buddings ofthe/pring^ &c.] The Englifti 
reader will perhaps require to be told, that Earine is derived trora 
a Greek word fignifying the fpfing, which is the allufion of thc(c 
lines ; but I hope his fagacity does hot want a monitor, to point out 
the exquifite delicacy of the following lines, and indeed of the 
whf>le f oeech. The fentimcnts are wonderfully pleafing, the yerfe* 
harmonious and fofr. 

9 ■ ! Hark^ harky hark, the foul 

Bird!] Jonfon does not appear to have had much conception 
of thofe breaks and refts, or of adapting the (bund of his verfe to 
the fenfe, which are the chief beauty of our b«ft modern piets ; 
but in the words above, there is an excellence of this kind, and as 
it feems by delign too, which is extremely ftriking. The three 
long fyllables preceding the Iambic foot at the clofe of the one 
vcrfe, which is immediaiely connected with the beginning of the 

other, 



the ^ad Shepherd. \^ 

J^cace ! you fhall hear her fcritch '% 

Cla. Good Karelin, fing. 
Help to divert tliis phant^ie. 

^/xr. AH I can. 

The S d N a 

\Whicb while Karolin^z/ifg-j, iEglamour nodi. 

•^ np Hough I am young and cannot tell 

** ^ Either what death or love is well^ 

** Yet I have heard they both bear darts, 

" And both do aim at human hearts ; 

** And then again, I have been told, 

*^ Love wounds with heat, as death with cold J 

** So that I fear they do but bring 

*^ Exfreams to touch, and mean one things 

^^ As in a ruin we it call< 
" One thing to be blowti up, or fall ; 
** Or to our ind, like way may havc^ 
*' By a flalh of lighttiing, or a wave : 
** So lovers inflamed fhaft or brandy 
<' May kill as food as death^s cold hand; 
*^ Except love's fires the virtue have 
** To fright the froft out of the grave/' 

Mg. Do you think fo ? are you in thit good herefy ^ 
1 mean opinion ? if you be, fay nothing : 
ril ftudy it as a new philofophy. 
But by my felf alone : now you (hall leave me. 

0!hcr, and the paufe placed upon the firft fyllable, are as fully x^ 
preiliveof the fenriment as can poffibly be imagined. 
■ ■ -. ■■ Hark ! hark ! bark! tktfiml 
Bird! 
There is nothing finer in all Shakefpear or Milton. 

^^ Peace, you JhaJl hear bet fcritch,'] Thit fliQuld be priat«4 
with a note of filencc after the word peact. 
Pcaci ! joujhall bear her fcritch i 

C 2 S»Ki^ 



20 . ^he Sad Shepherd. 

Some of thefe nymphs here will reward you ; this, 
' This pretty maid, although but with a kife. 

[^He forces Amie to kifs Karelin, 
Liv'd my Earinc, you Ihould have twenty : 
For every line here, one I would allow 'em 
From mine own (lore, the treafure I had in her : 
Now I am poor as you. 

Kar. And I a wretch ! 

Cla. Yet keep an eye upon him, Karolin. 

[^glamour goes outy and Karolin follows him. 

Mel. Alas ! that ever fuch a generous fpirit 
As -S)glamour*s (hould fink by luch a lofs ! 

Cla. The trueft lovers are leaft fortunate : 
Look all their lives and legends, what they call 
The lover's fcriptures, Heliodores or Tatii " ! 
Longi! Euftachii! Prodomi ! you'll find it ! 
What think you, father ? 

^Ik. I have known fome few. 
And read of more, wh' have had their dofe, and deep. 
Of thefe ftiarp bitter-fwecis. 

Lio. But what is this 
To jolly Robin,, who the fl:ory is 
Of all beatitude in loye ? 

Cla. And told 
Here every day with wonder on the Wold '\ 

*^ Tie lonfcr* s fcriptures f Helid^res or Tat It ! \ 

Longii! &c.] Thele arewriters of palloral romances in theGreek 
language. Had this knowledge of books and learning been (hewn 
in the charaders of Robin Hood, cr any of his men, every reader 
mull have condemned it at firil iight j but the ihepherds of the vale 
were above the common rank, and may be fuppof'ed to amufe them- 
felves in authors of this fpecies, fo agreeable to their own way of 
linEing. 

*^ Cla. — And TOLD 

Here every day ivith 'voondcr on the WOR LD.] Both the expreffion ' 
and the ryme are improper. If Clarion meant they were the general 
aftonifhment, he ihould have faid, wth ^i^onder of the world; and 
then it would have chimed in not very mufically with told. But 
the true reading is ^joold^ a plain, or downs ; a word common enough 
in that age and our authoi's contemporaries. 

Lio. 



^he Sad Shepherd. 21 

Lio. And with fame's voice, 

Alk. Save that fome folk delight 
To blend all good of others with fome fpight. 

Cla, He and his Marian are the fum and talk 
Of all that breathe^here in the green-wood walk. 

Mel. Or Be'voir vale. 

L,to. The turtles of t*he wood *. 

Cla. The billing pair. 

Alh And fo are underftood 
For fimple loves, and fampled lives befide. 

MeL Faith, fo much virtue fliould not h^ cnvy'd. 

Alk. Better be fo than pitied, Melliflcufc! 
For 'gainft all envy, virtue is a cure; 
But wretched pity ever calls on fcorns. 
The deer's brought home : I hear it by their horns. 

S C E N E VI. 

Enter {to Robin, fcfr.] Marian, John, and Scarlet. 

l^ohn My Marian, and my miftrefs ! 

Mar. My lov'd Robin ! 

MeL The moon's at full, the happy pair are met ! 

Mar. How hath this morning paid me for my rifing ! 
Firft, with my fports ; but molt withi meeting you ! 
I did not half fo well reward my hounds, 
As (he hath me to-day : although I gave them 
All the fweet morfels call'd, tongue, ears and dowcets! 

Roh. What ? and the inch-pin ? 

Mar. Yes. 

Rob. Your fports then pleas'd you ? 

Mar. You are a wanton. 

"Rob. One, 1 do confefs, 
I wanted till you came ; but now I have you, 
rU grow to your embraces, till two fouls 
Diftilled into kiffes through our lips, 
Po make one fpirit of love. 

* Karolin had jufl before followed i^glamour out. 

C 3 Mar. 



3^2 ^he Sad Shepherd, 

Mar. O Robin ! Robin ! 

Rob. Breathe, breathe awhile, what fays my gentle 

Mar. Could you fo long be abfent ? [Marian ?. 

Rob. What, a week ? 
Was that fo long ? 

Mar. How long are lovers weeks. 
Do you think, Robin, when tJaey are afunder ? 
Arc they not prisoners years ? 

Rob. To fome they feem fo ; 
Put being met again, they are fchool-boys hours. 

M(irr ^ hat have got leave to play, and fo we^ ufc 

[them* 

Rob. Had you good fport i* your chace to-day ? 

John. O prime! 

Mar. A lufty (tag! 

Rob. And hunted ye at force ? 

Mar. In a full cry. 

John. * And never hunted change ! 

Rob. Ypu had ftanch. hounds then ? 

Mar. Old and fure ; I love 
No yoyng rafli dogs, no more than changing friends, 

Rob. What relays fet you? 

John. None ^t all ; we laid not 
In one frefli dog. 

Rob. He ftpod not )ong then ? 

Scar. Yes, 
Five hours and more. A great large idecr ! 

Rob. What head ? 

John. Forked ! a hart of ten. 

Mar. He is good venifon. 
According to the feafpn i' the blood, 
ril promifc all your friends, for whorn he fell. 

John. But at his fall there hap*t a chance. 

Mar. Worth mark ! 

^ And never hunted QHhjiG^V] Hounds are faid to ^i^;?/ r^^/r^f, 
Tfihtn tbey take a freih icent, and follow another chace. 

^::- Ro^.^^^ 



Tl)e Sad Shepherd. 23 

Koh. Ay ! what was that, fwect Marian ? 

[He kijfes her. 

Mar. You'll not hear ? 

Roi. I love thefc interruptions in a ftory ; 

[He kijfes her again. 
They make it fweeter. 

Mar. You do know as foon 
As the aflay is taken *. [He kijfes her again. 

Rob On, my Marian, 
I did but take the aflay. 

Mar. You ftop one's mputh, 
And yet you bid 'em fpeak — when the arbor's made. 

Rob. Puird down, and paunch turn'd out. 

Mar. He that undoes him. 
Doth cleave the briflcet bone, upon the fpoon 
Of which a little griftle grows, you call it — 

Rob. The raven's bone. 

Mar. Now o'er head fat a raven, 
On a fere bough, a grown great bird, and hoarfe ! 
Who, all the while the deer was breaking up. 
So croak'd arid cry'd for't, as all the huntfmcn 
(Efpecially old Scathlock) thought it ominous ! 
Swore it was mother Maudlin, whom he met 
At the day-dawn, juft as he rows'd the deer 
Out of his laire : but we made fhift to run him 
OflF his four legs, and funk him ere we left. 

[Scathlock enters. 
Is the deer come ? 

Scat. He lies within o' the dreflTer. 

Mar. Will you go fee him, Mellifleur ? 

Mel. I attend you. 

* Mar. . I Tou do know as foon 

Js the ASSAY is taken] To rake ajp^ or fay ^ h to draw a knife 
alon;{ the belly of the deer, beginning at the brifket, to difcorcr 
how fat he is. The poet has given us infinitely too much of this 
hunting jargon, which, like moft other cant tcrnis, is hardly expli- 
cable, and not worth the knowing. 

C 4 Man 



{ 



24 ^he Sad Shepherd. 

Mar. Come, Amie, you'll go with us ? 

Am. I'm not well. 
• Lio. She's fick o' the young fhep'erd that bekifl her. 

Mar. Friend, chear your friends up, we will eat him 
merrily, ^Exeunt Mar. Mell. and Amie. 

Jlk. Saw you the raven, friend ? 

S^af. Ay, qu'ha fuld let me ^ ? 
I fuld be afraid o' you, fir, fuld I ? 

Clar. Huntfman, 
A dram more of civility would not hurt you. 

Rob. Nay, you mull give them all their rudenefles ; 
They are not elfe themfelves without their language, 

JIL And what do you think of her ? 

Scat. As of a witch. 
They cali her a wife woman, but I think her 
An arrant witch. 

Clar. And wherefore think you fo ? 

Scat. Becaufe I faw her fince broiling the bone 
Was caft her at the. quarry \ 

Jlk. Where faw you her ? 

Seal. P the chimney-nuik, within : (he's there now. 

Rob. Marian. 

SCENE VII. 

Enter Maudlin, the witch^ as Marian. [^To the7n.'] 

Rob. Your hunt holds in his tale ftill; and tells more ! 

Mar. My hunt? what talc ? 

Rcb. How 1 cloudy, Marian ! 
What look is this ? 

Mar. A fit one, fir, for you. 
Hand ofFj rude ranger! firrah, get you in, 

[fo Scathlock. 
An'd bear the veniron hence ; it is too good 



3 Jy, flu ha fiihlkt me ?^ A}^, \vh:\t fhnuld hiodcr me? 
+ At the fiunn-yj] The death of the deer. 



For 



^he- Sad Shepherd. 25 

For tKefe coarfe ruftic mouths, that cannot ppcn, 

Or fpend a thank for't. A ftarv'd mutton's carcafe 

Would better fit their palates. See it carried 

To mother Maudlin's, whom you call the witch, fir. 

Tell her I fent it to make merry with. 

She'll turn us thanks at leaft! why ftand'ft thou, groom ? 

Rob. I wonder he can move ! that he's not fix'd I 
If that his feeling be the fame with mine ! 
I dare not truft the faith of mine own fenfes, 
I fear mine eyes and ears : this is not Marian ! 
Nor am I Robin Hood 1 I pray you aflc her ! 
Afk her, good (hepherds ! afk her all for me : 
Or rather alk yourfelvcs, if fhe be Ihe ; 
Or I be I. 

Mar. Yes, and you arc the fpy : 
And the fpyM fpy that watch upon my walks. 
To inform what deer I kill or give away ! 
Where 1 when! to whom! but fpy your worft, good 
i will difpofe of this where leaft you like ! [fpy I 

Fall to your cheefe-cakes, curds, and clawted cream. 
Your fooles, your flaunes ; and of ale a ftream ^ 
To wafli it from your livers : ftrain ewes milk 
Into your cyder fyllabubs, and be drunk 
To him whofe fleece hath brought the earliefl: lamb 
'This year ; and wearf the baudrick at your bord ! 
Where you may all go whiftle and record 
Jhis i' your dance : and foot it luftily* 

[She leaves them. 

f l^tfar FOOL, >v7»r FLAUNES, and of ak a fircant.'] The folio 
gives wi fools \\^ the plural number; the thing meant is fcaldcd 
goofeberrics and cream, ufually called goofchcnyfool. The next 
word is more uncommon ; "hwx fiai^ns are tarrs or cheefe- cakes : 
and I mull refer the reader to my ingenious friend, the learned edi- 
XQX lJ[ Junius, for its etymology ar)d meaning. The verfe however 
is dtficient by a foot, unlcfs we preftrve the old meth«d of fpelling 
flaunes^ or fli-^nc^^Sy and divide it into two fyllables, a common 
practice with our old poets ; or pollibly fome epithet to ale may be 
wanting to fill up the meafure; but I rather incline to the former 
opinion. ■ . 



z6 - The Sad Shepherd. 

Roh I prayyou, friends, do you hear and fee as I do? 
Did the fame accents ftrike your ears ? and objefts 
Your eyes, as mine ? 

Jlk. We tafte the fame reproaches! 

Uo. Have feen the changes ! 

Reih. Are we not all chang'd. 
Transformed froni ourfelves? 

Lio. I do not know ! 
The beft is filence ! 

Mk. And to await the iffue. 

R^. The dead or lazy wait for^t : I will find it. 



The Argument of the Second Ad. 

cc /TpHE witch Mawinn- having taken the (hapc 
** -l ^of Marian to abufe Robin Hood, and perplex 
** his guefts, Cometh forth with her daughter Doucej 
** reporting in what confufion flie had left them ; dc- 
*' frauded them of their venifon, made them fufpicious 
" each of the other 5 but moft of all, Robin Hood fo 
^ jealous of bis Marian, as flie hopes no effeft of love 
•* would ever reconcile them ; glorying fo far in the 
•* extent of hkt mifchicf, as ft^e confeffeth to have 
** furpriz'd Earine, ftripp'd her <rf her garments, 
*' 10 make her daughter appear fine at this feaft 
** in them ; and to have Ihut the maiden up in a 
** tree, as her fon*s prize, if he could win her; -or 
*' his prey, if he would force her. Her fon, a rude 
^' bragging fwineherd, comes to the tree to woo her 
** (his mother and filter ftepping afide to over-hear 
** him), and fir ft boafts his wealth to her, and his 
^* poffeffions; which move not. Then he prefents 
I " her 



ne Sad Shepherd. 27^ 

^ her gifts, fuch as himfclf is taken with, but Ihe 
^^ utterly (hows a fcorn and lothing both of him and 
** them. His mother is angry, rates him, iiiftruSs 
** him what to do the next time, and perfuades her 
" daughter to ftiow herfelf about the bower : tells 
^^ how (he fliall know her mother, when flie is tranf- 
** form'd, by her broidered belt. Mean while the 
" young (hepherdefe Amie, being kift by Karolin^ 
** Earine's brother, before, falls in love ; but knows 
** not what love is : but defcribes her difeafe fo inno- 
«* cently, that Marian pities her. When Robin Hood 
" and the reft of his guefts invited enter to Marian^ 
^* upbraiding her with fending away their veriifon t6 
" mother Maudlin by Scathlock, which fhe denies ; 
^^ Scathlock affirms it •, but feeing his miftrefs weep, 
" and to forfwear it, begins to doubt his own under- 
^* ftanding, rather than affront her father; which makes 
** Robin Hood ^ and the reft to exan-rine thcmfelvcs 
** better. But Maudlin entering like herfelf, the witch 
^* comes to thank her for her bounty : at which Mariaa 
** is more angry, and more denies the deed. Scathlock 
^' enters, tells he has brought it again, and delivered 
*^ it to the cook. The witch is inwardly vext the 
*^ venifon is fo recover'd from her by the rude huntf- 
^* man, and murmurs and curfes ; bewitches the cook, 
** mocks poor Amie and the reft ; difcovereth her ill 
'^ nature, and is a means of reconciling them all. 
" For the fage fhepherd fufpedteth her mifchicf, if Ihc 
•« be not prevented : and fo perfuadeth to fcize on her. 
^^ Whereupon Robin Hood difpatchetb out his wood- 
'<> men to hunt and take her. Which ends the ad. 



ACT 



28 The Sad Shepherd. 

A C T II. S C E N E I; 

SCENE, Lord's Oak. 

Enter Maudlin aud Douce. 

MauJT T AVE I not left 'em in a brave confufion ? 
JJL X AmazM their expeftation ? got their ve- 

[nifon ? 
Troubled their mirth and meeting ? made them doubtful 
And jealous of each other ! all diftrafted ! 
And, i' the clofe, uncertain of themfelves ? 
This can your mother do, my dainty Douce ! 
Take any Ihape upon her ! and delude 
The fenfes belt acquainted with their owners ! 
The jolly Robin, who hath bid this feaft, 
And made this folemn invitation, 
I ha' poffeflTed lb with fyke diflikes 
Of his own Marian, that all- be he know her. 
As doth the vauting hart his venting hind. 
He ne'er fra* hence fall neis her i' the wind. 
To his firft liking. 

Dou. Did you fo diftafte him ' ? 

Mau. As far as her proud Icorning him could 'bate 
Or blunt the edge of any lover's temper. * 

Dou. But were ye like her, mother ? 

Mau. So like Douce, 
As had fhe feen me her fel', her fel' had doubted ' 
Whether had been the liker of the twa ! 
This can your mother do, I tell yon, daughter ! 
I ha' but drght ye yet, i' the out-drefs. 
And 'panel of Earine! but this raiment, 
Thefe very w^eeds fall make ye, as but coming 
In view or ken of iEglamour, your form 

^ Bid you fo DiSTATE himf^ Wc have here the fame corruption 
as ill the prologue ; the true reading is diftafte. 

4 Shall 



The Sad Shepherd. 29 

Ihall Ihow too flippery to be look'd upon ! 
^nd all the foreft (wear you to be fhe ! 
rhey (hall rin after ye, and wage the odds, 
Jpo* their own deceived fights, ye are her ! 
Whilft ftie (poor lafs) is ftock'd up in a tree : 
if our brother Lorel's prize ! For fo my largefs 
Htath lotted her to be your brother's miftrefs, 
3if (he can be reclaimed : gif not, his prey ! 
And here he comes new claithed, like a prince 
Of fwineherds ! fyke he feems ! dight i' the fpoils 
Of thofe he feeds ! a mighty lord of fwine ! 
He's command now to woo« Let's ftep afide. 
And hear his love- craft ! fee, he opes the door ! 
And takes her by the hand, and helps her forth ! 
This is true courtlhip, and becomes his ray \ 

[Maudlin and Douce retire. 

SCENE II. 

Lorel enters y releafes Y.znncfrom the Tree. 

Lorel and Earine. 

Lor. ' Ye kind to others, but ye coy to me, 
Deft miftrefs ! whiter than the cheefe new preft ! 

Smoother 

* Tfjis is true courtjlnpy andhccomes his RAY,] All the copies give 
us the line as it flands above ; but it is difficult to know what is the 
acceptation of the word ra^, I can aifign it two fenfes, boih which 
comport well enough with the place it ilands in. The firfl conjedure 
is, that the poet might poffibly have writtea ra^ for ranky or Jia- 
tioHy and this abbreviature of the word agrees with the reft of the 
dialedt ufed in the play. Theother, which I think moft preferable, 
is this : that ray (ho »ld be marked with an apoftrophe at the begin- 
ning, ^ray\ as the abbrevation oi array ^ drefs. The word occurs in 
Chaucer, and the glofTary interprets it by array ^ order : 
*• With ladies faire, in carrolling to gone, 
*' And fe ther roiale renkis in ther raie** , 

Tejlament of Crcfcide^ v, a6> 
3 Lor, Te kind /# others^ hut ye coy to mey 

Deft mifrcfs ! i\^hiter than the cheefe new prefi /] There 
•is much natural beauty in thefe fpeeches of Lord ; and the ru'ftic 

call 



:J 



36 "ihe Sad Shepherd. 

Smoother than cream ! and fofter than the cuJ-di ? * 
Why ftarc ye from me ere ye hear me tell 
My wooing errand, and what rents I have ? 
Large herds and paftures ! fwine and kie mine dtvri ! 
* And tholigh my na'fe be camus^d, my lips thitk. 
And my chifl briftled ! Pan, great Pan, was fuch ! 
Who was the chief of herdfmen, and our fire! 
I am na* fay ! na' incubus ! na' changlin ! 
But a good man, that lives o' my awn geer. 
This hoiife ! thefe grounds ! this (lock is all my awn ! 
Ear. How better 'twere to me, this were not known \ 
Man. She likes it not : but it is boafted well ! 
hor. An hundred udders for the pail I have. 
That gi' me milk and curds, that make me cheefe* 
To cloy the markets ! twenty fwarm of bees, 
Whilk (all the fummer) hum about the hive. 
And bring me wax and honey in belive ^ 

An 
caft of the imagery is entirely conforraable to the grotefque clia- 
Ta6ter of the fpeaker. I mud not omit obferving that the whole is 
lketch*d out from the fong of Polyphemus to his inifirefs Galatea ia 
Qv\6*s met armor phofes^ lib, 13. but Jonfon hath with great judg- 
ment omitted many of the turns of wit which occur in Ovid, and 
preferved that Doric fimplicity which appears in Theocritus, from 
whom the fubje^^l is taken. MoUhr ^ cycni plumls, ^ latle coaHo^ 
fays the Latin poet ; but Jonfon's whiter than the cheefe nirjo freji^ \% 
borrowed from the Greek, AtvKolipa 'maxlA^ mclihtv. Theocr. idylL 
xi. And in general, he feems n^ure taken with the defcrrpcion in 
Theocritus, than with the fancies of Ovid. 

* j^nJ though my nayi he camm'*d^ my lips thick ^ 
And my chin brtfiled.] Ovid has felei^led part of thefe cirv 
. cumilanees, bwt given a very puerile turn to them at the end: 
^ec^ mea quod duris horrent defijtjjihia /etis 
Corpora^ turpe puta ; turpi 5 fine frondihus arlor* 
The flatnefs of his nofe is wholly irom Theocritus : 

What follows of bis likeneis to the gnd Pan, is infeited with great 
art; andvvhat Virgil hi.nfdf^ if we may judge from his Altxiffy 
would probably have mentioned, had he touched upon the fame 
fubje6t. The oflemation of his wealth, and number of his cattle^ 
are in both rhe Latin and the Gfeek poets. 

* And bring me wax and honey /« E Y Ll VE.] The two lad word* 

ha^tfr 



T^^ Sad Shepherd. 31 

An aged oak, the king of all the field* 

With a broad beech there grows before my d^ijr. 

That mickle maft unto the ferm doth yield. 

A chpfinut, wbilk bi^th larded mony a fwine, 

Whofe flcins I wear to fend me fra* the cold. 

A poplar green, and with a kerved feat. 

Under whofe fliade I folacc in the heat; 

And thence can iee gang out and in my neat. 

Twa triiland brooks, eacn (from his fpring) doth mce^ 

And make a river to refreih my feet : 

In which each morning, ere ^he fun doth rife^ 

I look myfelf, and clear my pleafant eyes. 

Before I. pipe; for therein I have Ikill 

'Bpve other fwineherds. Bid me, and I will 

Straight play to you, and make you melody. 

Ear. By no means. Ah ! to me all tninftrelfie 
Is irkfome, as are you. 

Lor. Vyhy fcom you me ? 
Becaufe I am a herdiman, and feed fwine ! 

[He draws out other prefentSm 
I am a lord of other geer ! this fine 
Smooth bawfon's cub, the young gricc of a gray • 5 
Twa tyny urihins, and this ferret gay. 

Ear. Out on *em ! what are thclc ? 

have no meaning, and are corrupted from an exprelliv')n common ia 
the old Englifh and Scotch poerb. The real word is believe^ or hi" 
lievct for it is varioufly (pelt ; the meaning, dire^^^ immediately^ or 
ivithout any mare ado. 
• ■ This fine 

Smooth bawson's cub, the young grice of a gray, "] A bear's 
cuhi and lYi^young ones of sl badger. So likewifeOvid from Theocritus, 

Invent geminos qui tecum ludere pojjint 

Vilhfse catulos in fummis montwus urfa. 
A grice is properly a fucking pig^ and fo ufed by the Scotch poets ; 
for thus bi(hop Douglas tranflates the following lines of Virgil ; 

Lit tore! s ingens inventafuh ilicibus fusy 

Triginta capitum foetus enixa jacebit, iEn. 3. ?cr. 389* 

*' And under ane aik fyndia into that ftede, 

" Ane grete few ferryii ofgrtfes ihretty hcdcJ 




3^ The Sad Shepherd. 

Lor. I give *em ye, 
As prefents, miftrefs. 

Ear. O the fiend on thee ! 
Gae, take them hence : they fewmand all the claithes, 
And prick my coats : hence with 'em, limmer lown '^y 
Thy vermin and thy fclf, thy felf art one ; 
Ay, lock me up. Airs well when thou art gone. 

\HeJhuts her up again in the Oak. 

. S C EN E III. 

Re*enter Maudlin and Douce to Lorel. 

Lor. Did you hear this ? fhc wifh'd me at the fiend, 
With-dl my prefents ! 

Mau. A tu lucky end . ' 

She wifliend thee, foul limmer ! drity lown ! 
Gud faith, it duills me that I am thy mother ! 
And fee, thy fitter fcorns thee for her brother ! 
Thou woo thy love, thy miftrefs, with twa hedgehogs ? 
A (link and brock, a polecat ? out thou houlec ! 
Thou (hould'ft ha' given Her a madge-owl ! and then 
^ Th' hadft made a prefent o' thy felf,,owl-fpiegle ! 

Dou. Why, mother, I have heard ye bid to give : 
And often as the caufe calls. 

Mau, I know well, 
It is a witty part fometimes to give. 



7 .^.^-.«.«« /jf„ce ivit/j V/», LIMMER LOWN.] 1. c. fnutjgrcl 
cJo^.vn, So Junius interprets the word limma- : but the etymology 
aifigned from Skinner feems to be wrong. A limmer^ or Uaner^ 
is a dog for the chace, fo called from the learn, or leafh, in which he 
was held, till let loofe upon the game, A loro, lyemmer appellatur /V, 
quc7n Icvinarium 13 hrarlum latine nom'nia'uimus , Nam lyemme noftra 
lingua brum Ji^nificat. Caius de Canibus Britain. Limmer lown is 
common in the Scotch poets, 

' Th* hadji made a prefent of thy flf OWL-S PI EGLE.] The (lime 
with ulcnfpiegle^ or o<ii'l-g'afs. The ori^^inal of the exprellion is ex- 
plained in the Fociaf.er. 

But 



the Sad Shepherd. ^3 

But what ? to wham ? no monftcrs ! nor to maidens ! 

He fuld prefent them with mare pleafant things, 

Things natural, and what all women covet 

To fee, the common parent of us all ! 

Which maids will twire at 'tween their fingers thus ! 

With which his fire gat him ! he's get another ! 

And fo beget pofterity upon her I 

This he Ihould do ! (falfe gelden) gang thy gait, 

And do thy turns betimes : or Ts gar take 

The new breikes fra' thee, and thy dublet tu. 

The talleur and the fowter fall undu* 

AH they ha' made; except thou manlier woo! 

[Lorcl goes outs 
Dou. Gud mother, gif you chide him, he'll do wairs* 
Mau. Hang him : 1 geif him to the devil's eirs. 
But ye, my Douce, I charge ye, (hew your fell 
Tul a'the (hepherds bauldly : gaing amang 'em. 
Be mickel i' their eye, frequent and fugeand. 
And gif they alk ye of Earine, 
Or of thefe claithes, fay, that I ga* 'em ye. 
And fay no more. I ha' that wark in hand. 
That web lipo' the luime, (hall gar 'em think 
By then, they feeling their own frights and fears, 
r is pu' the world or nature 'bout their ears. 
Bur, hear ye, Douce, becaufe ye may meet mc 
In mony (hapes to-day, where-e'er you fpy 
This browdred belt with charafters. Vis I. 
A Gypfan lady, and a right beldame 
Wrought it by moon-fiiine, for me, and ftar-light, 
Upo' your grannam's grave, that very night 
We earch'd her in the ftades ; when our dame Hecate 
Made it her gaing night over the kirk-yard. 
With all the ^ barkand parilh-tikes fet at her^ 

While 

^ U'^itb all z^?'^ BARK AND parijhtikesfet at her,"] The corruption 
in tliis verfe, which runs through all the editions, is very eafily re- 
moved. Bark <7/;^ pari(h-tike?, (hould \ft harkand, the participle 

D with 



I 



34 Tif^ Sad Shepherd. 

While I fat whyrland of my brazen fpindle : 
At every twiflcd thrid my rock let fly 
Unto the few'fter, who did fit me nigh. 
Under the town turnpike ; which ran each fpell 
She ditched in the work, and knic it well. 
See ye'take tent to this \ and ken your mother. 

[Exeunt. 
SCENE 

with a Saxon tetminatioir, for larih^. We have fereral indances 
in this play, where die author hath chofe the old ending in omJ^ for 
the modern one in' in^. The very next line fupplies us with one ; 
and it is done With Judgment ; to throw an antique air upon the piece : 
efpecially in this romantic defcription of the embroidered girdle. 
Our old authors are frequent in the u(e of this SazOn ending ; and 
it is generally corrupted at the p^refs. Thus we read in Spenfer, 

** His glitter and armour (hiiied for aWay ;* 
where we have the fame miflake with that above, in dividing the , 
paniciple W/V/^^i//. Another of the fame nature occurs in the laft 
fcene of Shakefpear*s Troilus and Crefida^ As this was pointed 
out to me by my friend Mr. Sympfon, I beg leave to communicate 
it, with his remarks and corredion. The line is, 

" Make wells and Niobes of our maids and wives.** 
Mr. Waiburton reads welling Niobes ; but he has overlooked the 
true wordy though he has hit the fenfe. For certainly the old read« 
ing was, make wel/and Niobes. Some ignorant tranfcriber had 
wrote make well and Niohes, which when it came to the preis, not 
being fenfe, had an s put to well; and thenc<e came welh andNiaheSf 
&c. The word tiie fignifies a dogj and is yet ufed in Yorkftiire, 
and the northern pai^^s of Ent^land : indeed all the rudic fpeeches in 
this play are a fpecimen of the northern dialed. The progrefs of 
Hecate over new-made graves, and the barking of the dogs* are 
taken from ^he A^iperftitions of antiquity ; Theocritus deferibes her 
in the fame manner : 

£#;^«/Aii!M HKVU* tc.»cbT f)^ia, K^ id.t?iet$ actfML* IdylL 2% 

" Utt/o the fcvQjler^ fwbo did Jit me nigh. 

Under the town turnpike ; w^Mj ran each J^elJ 

Sheftitcbed in the work^ and knit it wclU 

See that you take tettt to this ] There is a difficulty in thefe 
lines» which at firft much perplexed me ; but the reader, I hope, 
will think the followin,i< interpretation in fome meafure gets rid of 
it. The fiw^fter^ or Jftinfler^ is faid to fit under the town turnpike: 
but what IS that ? the lame with what is now more ufually called a 
turn-fiile^ often placed at the end of towns, for j)rev€ntiag horfes 

from 



The Sad Shepherd. 35 



SCENE IV. 

SCENE, Robin^s bower. 
Enter Marian, McUifleur, Amic. 

Mar. How do you, fwcct Amie, yet ? 

IMfel. She cannot tell ; 
If (he could flecp, (he fays, (he (hould do well. 
She feels a hurt, but where, (he cannot (how 
Any leaft (ign, that (he is hurt or no. 
Her pain's not doubtful to her •, but the feat 
Of her pain is. Her thoughts too work and beat, 

from coming into the foot-way. In this fenfe it docurs in our au- 
thor's Sttxpk qf NewSy 

" I move upon my axle like a turnpike.** A6^# 5. 

And fo it is at this day ufed in the neighbouring county, where 
part of the feene Ues. What folIoMTB leads us to imaginet that this 
turnpike, by its whirling motion, ferved to knit the fpell more 
firmly into the work they were about , juft as we fee the wheel 
commonly made ufe of in twilling the feveral Cv.rds which compofe 
a rope or piece of twine; though we may fuppofe likewife that the 
turnpike ov)\y ran» or turned rounds as the fpell was repeating; and 
ferved in th^ nature of the antient Rhombus, which was of conllanc 
ufe in magical incantations. Jonibn ieems to have alluded likewife 
to the llocy of the antient Deftinies or Parcae, one of which held (he 
diftafF, whil ft another fpun the thread. The expreflions he bcre 
ufes are claffieal, and what the old poets^employ when fpeaking of 
thefe fatal fifters, 

■ I *whkb ran each ffeVj 

She Jl itched in the wcrkf and knit it nveUm 
In this view the words, ran each Jpell^ which would appear otber« 
wife obfcure, are pertinent and clear. Catullus ufes the fame |>^rafe 
in the chorus line, where the3r are finging the fViturc birth and for- 
tunes of Achilles, at the wedding of releus : 

Cwnite^ ducentes fubtemina^ currite jfufi. ^ 

And to this Virgil feems to allude in his Eclogue to FoUio ; 

Talia /tela fuis dicehant <iurrite, fitfis 

Concordes ftahili fatorum numine farat. 
In the laft line, the partide that is fuperfluous; tali tent, is tafe 
voiiif, take heed to it. 



36 The Sad Shepherd. 

dppreft with cares : but why (he cannot fay. 
All matter of her care is quite away. 

Mar. Hath any vermin broke into your fold ? 
Or any rot feiz'd on your floek ? or cold ? 
* Or hath your fcighting ram burft his hard horn ? 
Or any ewe her fleece ? or bag hath torn. 
My gentle Amie ? 

Am. Marian, none of thefe. 

Mar. Ha' you been (lung by wafps, or angry bees ? 
Or raz'd with fome rude bramble or rough briar ? 

Am. No, Marian, my difeafe is fomewh^t nighcn 
I weep, and boil away my felf in tears j 
And then my panting heart would dry thofe fears : 
I burn, though all the foreft-lcnd^a (hade; 
And freeze, though the whole wood one fire were made* 

Mar. Alas! 

Am. I often have been torn with thorn and briar. 
Both in the leg and foot, and fomewhat higher : 
Yet gave not then fuch fearful flirieks as thefe. Ah! 
I often have been flung too with curft bees. 
Yet not remember that I then did quit 
Either my company or mirth for it. Ah ! 
And therefore what it is that I feel now, 
And know no caufe of it, nor where, nor how. 
It enter'd in me, nor leafl print can fee, 
I feel, afflidls me more than briar or bee. Oh ! 
How often, whcathe fun, heaven's brighteft birth. 
Hath with his burning fervour cleft the earth. 
Under a fprcading elm or oak, hard by 
A cool clear fountain, could I fleeping lie 
Safe from theheat ? but now no fhady tree. 
Nor purling brook, can my refrefhing be. 
Oft when the meadows, were grown rough with froft. 
The rivers ioe-rboynd, and their currents lofl, 

* Or hatbjour fe;ghtinc rj»/.] i. e. hutting, JIghting ram. 

My 



^he Sad Shepherd. 37 

My thick warm fleece I wore, was my defence; • 
Or large good fires I made, drave winter thence. 
But now my whole flock*s fells, nor this thick grove, 
Enflam'd to alhes, can my cold remove. 
It i^ a cold and heat that does out-go 
All fenfc of winters, and of fummers fo. 

SCENE V. 

Enter Robin Hood, Clarion, Lionel, and Aiken. 

Rob. O are you here, my miftrefs ? 

Mar. Ay, my love ! 

[She feeing him, runs to embrace bim* 
Where fliould I be but in my Robin's arms ? 
The fpherc which 1 delight in fo to move ? 

Rob. What, the rude ranger ? and fpied fpy ? hand ofl^: 
You are for no fuch rufticks. [^He puts her back. 

Mar. What means this. 
Thrice worthy Clarion ? or wife Aiken ? know ye ? 

Rob* 'Las, no not they ! a poor ftarv*d mutton's 

[[carcafe 
Would better fit their palates, than your venilbn. 

Mar. What riddle's this ? unfold yourfelf, dear Robin.' 

Rob. You ha' not fent your venifon hence by Scath- 
To mother Maudlin ? * [lock. 

Mar. Ay, to mother Maudlin ? 
Will Scathlockfay fo? 

Rob. Nay, we will all fwear fo. 
For all did hear it when you gave the charge {o^ 
Both Clarion, Aiken, Lionel, and myfelf. 

Mar. Good honeft fhepherds, maftcrs of your flocks. 
Simple and virtuous men, no others hirelings; 
Be not you made to fpeak againft your confciencc. 
That which may foil the truth. I fend the venifon 
Away by Scathlock ? and to mother Maudlin ? 

D 3 I came 



38 ITbe Sad Shepherd. 

I came to Ihcw it here to MelHfleur, 

I do confefs ; but Amicus falling ill 

Did put us off it : fincc wc employed our felvcs 

In comforting of her. O, here he is! 

fScaihlock enters. 
Did I, fir, bid you bear away the veniibn 
To mother Maudlin ? 

Sea. Ay, gud faith, madam, 
Did you, and I ha* done ir. 

Mar. What ha' you done? [mands. 

Sea. Obey'd your hefts, madam ; done your com- 

Mar. Done my commands, dull groom! fetch it 

[again, 
Or kennel with the hounds. Are thefe the arts, 
Robin, you read ' your rude ones o' the wood. 
To countenance your quarrels and miftakings ? 
Or are the fports to entertain your friends 
Thpfc formed jealoufies ? afk of Mellifleur, 
If I were ever from her, here, or Amie, 
Since I came in with them ; or faw this Scathlock 
Since I related to you his tale o' the raven ? 

Sea. Ay, fay you fo ? [Scathlock goes cut* 

Mel. She never left my fide 
Since I came here, nor I hers. 

Cla. This is ftrange ! 
Our beft cf fenfcs were deceiv'd, our eyes, then ! 

Lio. And ears too. 

Mar. What you have concluded on. 
Make good, I pray you. 

Am. O my heart, my heart ! 

Mar. My heart it is, is wounded, pretty Amie ; 
Report not you your griefs : I'll tell for all. 



• Are thefe the arts 



Ton Vi^ \D your rude oaes P^ Read \% an old Englifli word 
fignifying to teach^ or aJvi/t. Hence the fubftantive ready or rede, 
for qounfel. Tjius in the &\^ P/alm by Hopkins, 
"The man is blelt that harhnot lent 
*' To wicked read his car," 

Mel. 



The Sad Shepherd. 39 

MeL Somebody is to blame, there is a fault. 
Mar. Try if you can take reft. A little dumber 
Will much refrefli you, Amie. 
Alk. What's her grief? 
Mar. She docs not know: and therein fhe is happy. 

SCENE VI. 

Enter [to them] John and Maudlin. 

John. Here's mother Maudlin come to give you 

[thanks^ 
Madam, for fome late gift (he hath received-—— 
Which flic's not worthy of, (he fays, but cracks. 
And wonders of it ; hops about the houfe,^ 
Tranfportcd with the joy. [She danceth% 

Mau. Send me a (tag ! 
A whole ftag, madam, and fo fat a deer ! 
So fairly hunted, and at fuch a time too ! 
When all your friends were here ! 

^Rob. Do you mark this. Clarion ? 
Her own acknowledgment ? 

Maud. *Twas fuch a bounty 
And honour done to your poor beads-woman, 
I know not how to owe it, but to thank you ; 
And that I come to do : I fliall go round. 
And giddy with the toy of the good turn. 

[She turns round till Jhe falls. 

** Look out, look out, gay folk about^ 
** And fee me fpin the ring Fm in 
^* Of mirth and glee, with thanks for fee 
** The heart puts on, for th* venifon 
** My lady fent, which ftiall be fpent 
•* In draughts of wine, to fume up fine 
*^ Into the brain, and down again 
^* Fall in a fwoon, upo* the grown.'* 

D 4 Koh 



\ 



f 



40 T&e Sad Shepherd. 

Rob. Look to her, fhc is mad, 

Maud. My fon hath fcnt you 
A pot of ft raw berries, gathered i' the wood 
(His hogs would elfe have rooted up, or trod ^) 
With a choice difli of wildings here, to fcald 
And mingle with your cream. 

Mar. Thank you, good Maudlin, 
And thank your fon. Go, bear *cm in to Much 
Th* acatcr, let him thank her. Surely, mother. 
You were miftaken, or my woodmen more, 
Qr moft my felf, to fend you all our ftore 
Of v^nifon, hunted for our felves this day ! 
You will not take it mother, I dare fay. 
If we'll entreat you, when you know our guefts : 
Red. deer is head flill of the forcft feafts. 

Maud. But I knaw ye, a right free-hearted lady, 
Can fpare it out of fgperfluity : 
I have departit it *mong my poor neighbours, 
To fpeak your largefs. 

Mar. I not g^ve it, mother. 
You have done wrong then : I know how to place 
My gifts, and where •, and when to find my feafons 
To give, not throw away my courtefies. 

Maudf Count you this throvyn away ? 

Mar. What's ravifh'd from me 
I count it worfe, as ftolen : I lofe rpy thanks. 
But leave this queft : they fit not you nor me. 
Maudlin, contentions of this quality. 
J-Iow now ? . [Scathlock enters. 

Sea. Your flag's return 'd upon my Ihoulders, 
He has found his way into the kitchin again 
With his two legs ; if now your coojc pan drcfs him. 

♦ His hog^ would fife htyve rooted up^ or tro^,'\ This rpminds us of 
the C^labiian hofl's civility in Horace, from whom it lejsms to be 

Ut lihet^ h^c porcU hodie comfdenda reliftejues^ 

*Slid, 



The Sad Shepherd. 41 

'Slid, I thought the fwineherd would ha' beat me. 
He looks fo big ! the fturdy karl, lewd Lorel I 
Mar. There, Scathlock, for thy pains, thou haft 
defcrv'd it. [Marian gives him gold. 

Maud. Do you give a thing, and take a thing, ma- 

[dam ? 
Mar. No Maudlin, you had imparted to your 

[neighbours j 
Ad4 much good do'c them : I ha' done no wrong. 

The Firji C H A R M. 

Maud. «^ The fpit ftand ftill, no brochcs turn 5 
** Before the fire, but let it burn 
♦^ Both fides and hanches, till the whole 
-^* Converted be into one cojc," 

Cla. What devil's pater nofter mumbles (he ? 
Jlk. Stay, you will hear more of her witchery, 

IL 

Maud. ** The fwilland dropfie enter in 

'' The lazy cuke, and fwell his fkin ; 

** And the old mort-mal on his fhin 

^' Now prick, and itch, withouten blin ^ 

Cla. Speak out, hag, we may hear your devil's 

[mattins. 

5 A^BROCHEs turn.} A bncU is explained to fignify ^J^it. 
* j^nd thi old lAOViT-lAKL on hisJJpin 

Now prick t and itch^ withouten blin*] Mort-mal is a n old 
fore^ or gangrene: withouten blin is without ceajing ; from the A. S. 
IfUnnaKy to ccafc^ leave off. And Jonfon feems to have had Chaucer's 
c^arader of the cook in his eye ; 

*• But great harme was it, as it thought ine, 

♦* That on his fhynne a mor-mal had he.** Chaucer. 




4* ^he Sad Shepherd^ 

III. 
Maud. '* The paene we call St. Anton's fire, 
*' The gout, or what we can defire, 
*^ To cramp a cuke, in every limb, 
<• Before they dine, yet feize on him/* 

Alk. A foul lU fpirit hath poflefled her. 

jim. O Karol, Karol, call him back again. 

ZJc. Her thoughts do work upon her in her (lumber^, 
And may exprefs fonfie part of her difcafe. 

Rob. Obferve, and mark;^ but trouble not her eafe. 

Jm. O, O. 

Mar. How \s% Amie ? 

Mel. Wherefore ftart you ? ' * 

j4m. O, Karol, he is fair and fweet. 

Maud. What then ? 
Are there not flowers as fweet and fair as men ? 
The lily is fair, and rofe is fweet ! 

jfm. Ay, fo ! 
Let all the rofes and the lilies go : 
Karol is only fair to me ! 

Mar. And why ? 

Jm. Alas, for Karol, Marian, I could die. 
Karol, he fingeth fwectly too ! 

Maud. What then? 
Are there not birds fing fweeter far than men ? * 

yim. I grant the linet, lark, and bull-finch fing^ 
But bed the dear good angel of the fpring. 
The nightingales. , 

Maud. Then why ? then why, alone, 
Should his notes pleafe you ? 

7 But hejl^ ibi dear good angel cf the fpring^ 
I'be nightingale.'] This exquifitely poeticjil d^ription of the 
nightingale is a literal tranflation from the Greek of Sappho: 
angel is ufed in Its original iignification of a mejj^ngtr^ Qibarbinggr ; 



Tb^ Sad Shepherd, 43 

J^. I not lon^ agone 
Took a delight with wanton kids to play, 
And fport with little lambs a fummer's^day ! 
And view their frilks I methought it was a fight 
Of joy to fee my two brave rams to fight! 
Now Karol only all delight doth move^ 
All that is Karol^ Karol I approve " ! 

This very morning but 1 did beftow 

(It was a little 'gaifift my will I know) 

A fihgle kifs upon the filly Twain, 

And now I wifh that very kifs again. 

His lip is fofcer, fweeter than the rofe ; 

His mouth and tongue with dropping honey fiowSf 

The relifh of it was a pleafing thing. 

Maud, Yet, like the bees, it had a little fling. 

Am. And funk, and fticks yet in my marrow deep } 
And what doth hurt me, I now wi(h to keep. 

Mar. Alas, how innocent her (lory is ! 

Am. I do remember, Marian, I have oft 
With plcafure kift my lambs and puppies foft : 
And once a dainty fine row-fawn I had. 
Of whofe out-(kipping bounds, I was as glad 
As of my health : and him I oft would kifs : 
Yet had his no fuch fting or pain as this. 
They never pricked or hurt my heart. And, for 
T-hey were fo blunt and dull, I wifli no more. 
But this, that hurts and pricks, doth pleafe j this fwect 
Mingled with fowre, I wilh again to meet : 

• Allt/jaf /j Karol, Karol I /ipfronfeJ\ We cannot help ob- 
ferving the repetition of the name ot Karol^ in this and the pre- 
ceding verfes, which Amte ft^emstodwell on with a fingular de- 
light. This is an etfea of the poet's art ; and a beauty ol the fame 
kind with that in Horace, 

CumtUj hydia^ TeUphi 

Cerviccm rojeam^ cerea Telcfhi 
laudas brachiaji^c. Lib. i. od* ij« 

And 



.i^^k. 



/ 



44- 51&^ ^^^ Shepherd. 

And that dcla}% methinks, moft tedious is. 
That keeps or hinders me of Karors kifs. 

Mar. We'll fend for him, fweet Amie, tocome to you. 

Maud. But I wil] keep him off, if charms will do it. 

{She goes murmurit^ cut. 

Cla. Do you mark the murmuring hag, how fhc doth 

[mutter ? 

Rob. I like her not. And lefs her manners now. 

Alk. She is a (hrewd deformed piece, I vow, 

Lio. I)l% crooked as her body. 

Rob. I believe 
She can take any fhape, as Scathlock fays, 

Alk. She may deceive the fehfe, but really 
She cannot change her felf. 

Rob. Would I could fee her 
Once more in Marian's form ! for I am certain 
Now, it was Ihe abus'd us j as I think 
My Marian, and my love, now innocent : 
Which faith I feal unto her with this kifs. 
And call you all to witnefs of my penance. - 

jilk. It was bclievM before, but now confirmed, 
That we have lecn the monfter. 



SCENE VII. 

Enter \jo thern] Tuck, John, Much^ and Scarlet. 

Tuck. Hear you how 
Poor Tom the cook is taken ! all his joints 
Do crack, as if his limbs were tied with points : 
His whole frame flackens ; and a kind of rack 
Runs down along the fpondils of his back ; 
A gout or cramp now feizeth on his head. 
Then falls into his feet ; his knees are lead 5 
And he can ftir his either hand no more 
Than a dead flump, to his office, as before. 



p>$ Sad Skpberd. 45 

Jlh He is bewitched. 

Cla. This is an ai'gument 
Both of her malice and her power, we fee. 

AIL She muft by fome device reftrained be. 
Or fhe'U go far in mifchief. 

Bjob. Advife how. 
Sage fliepherd, we fliall put it ftraight in pra&ice. 

AIL Send forth your woodmen theo, into the walks,* 
Or let 'em prick her footing hence 5 a witch 
Is fure a creature of melancholy. 
And will be found or fitting in her fourm. 
Or elfe, at relief, like a hare, 

Cla. You fpeak, 
Aiken, as if you knew the fport of witch-hunting, 
Or ftarting of a hag. 

Enter George to the hunt/men \ who by them^ 
f elves continue the fcene 5 the reft going off. 

Roh. Go, fir5, about it, 
Take George, here, with you, he can help to find her { 
Leave Tuck and Much behind to drefs the dinner, 
r the cook's dead, 

Muc. We'll care to get that done. 

Rob. Come, Marian, let's withdraw into the bower. 
^ [^Exeunt Robin, Marian, Aiken, i^c. 



S C :E N E VIII. 

Manent John, Scarlet, Scathlock, and George. 

yt?i&». Rare fport, I fwear,this hunting of the witch 
Will make us. 

Scar. Let's advife upon*t like huntfmen, 

Geo. An' we can fpy her once, fhe is our own. 

Scat. Firft, think which way (he fournaeth, on what 
Or north, or fouth. [wind ; 

4 



i 



ifi fhe Sad iSbepherd. 

Geo. For as the (hepherd faid^ 
A witch is a kind of hare. 

Scat. And mai'ks the weather. 
As th^ hare does, 

John. Where Ihall we hope to find her ? , 

[Aiken rerurns^ 

Alky I have afk*d leave to affift you, jolly huntfmcn, 
If an old fliepherd may be heard among you ; 
Not jear^d or laught at, 

John. Father, you will fee 
Robin Hood^s houlhold know moje courtefie. 

Scar. Who fcorns at eld, peels off his own younjg 

[hairs. 

Alh Ye fay right well : know ye the witches dell? 

Scai. No more than I do know the walks of helL 

Jlk. Within a gloomy dingle • (he doth dwell, 
Down in a pit, o'ergrown with brakes and briars, 
Clofc by the ruins of a (haken abbey. 
Torn with an earthquake down unto the ground, 
'Mongft graves and grots, near an old char nel-houfc. 
Where you (hall find her fitting in her fourm. 
As fearful and melancholique as that 
She is about •, with caterpillars k'ells. 
And knotty cob-webs, rounded in with fpells : 
Thence (he fteals forth to relief in the fogs 
And rotten mifts, upon the fens and bogs, 
Down to the drowned lands of Lincolnfliirc \ 
To make ews cad: their lambs ! fwine eat their farrow 1 
The houfe-wives tun not work ! nor the milk chum ! 



9 Within a ghmy j>lUBhzJhe doth Jwell.] I>imhk is the reiading 
of all the copies, but Mr. Symplon fufpei^b it a corruption ; the 
word he would fubditute in its'*room is dinglct which haih the aa- 
thority of Milton in his tOmnus : 

** . m I know each «Iley, 

^^ Dinglg^ and burtiy dell of this dark wood.*' 
We have the fame mirtake in the account of thcfcencry ; where the 
witches dimhle ihould be dingk. 

Writhe 



^ie Sad Shepherd. 47 

Writhe chlMrens wrifts ! and fuck their bneath ki fle^f 
Get vials of their blood ! and where the fea 
Cafis up his flimy owze, fearch for a weed 
To open locks with, and to rivet charm$^ 
Planted about her in the wicked feat 
Of all her mifchiefst which are manifold* 

Jobft. I wonder fuch a (lory couU be told 
Of her dire deediB. 

Geo. I thought a witch's banks 
Had inclos'd nothing but the nierry pranks 
Of fome old woman. 

Scar. Yes, her malice more ! 

Scat. As it would quickly appear had we the ftoce 
Of his coUcas. 

Geo. Ay, this gud learned man 
Can fpeak her right. 

Scar. He knows her (hifts and haunts ! 

Alk. And all her wiles and turns. The venom'd plants 
Wherewith flie kills ! where the fad mandrake grows^ 
Whofe groans are deathful ! the dead-numming night* 
The (hipifying hemlock ! adders tongue ! [ibade ! 
And martagan ' ! the (hrieks of lucklefs owls 
We hear ! and croaking night^crpws in the air ! 
Green-bellied fnakesl blue fire-drakes in the iky! 
And giddy Sitter-mice with leather wings ! 
The fcaly beetles, with their habergeons^ 
That make a humming murmur as they fiy ! 
There in the docks of trees, white faies do dwells 
And fpang-loog elves that dance about a pool ! 



• Adders tongue! 



Md ma&tagan!] The poet feems to bave cbofen tbefe plants 
merely for the fake of their names, and not on account of an/ 
noxious quality redding in them. Adders idngireiiof a cooling na- 
ture, and ufctul in inflammatory cafes : martagan^ or martagoH, is 
only a kind of Uly^ of which there are feveral forts. But notwith- 
ibnding this, the fpeech is very pidturefque, and the defcription 
ilrikiog. 

With 



1 



48 The Sad Sbephtni. . 

With each a little changeling in their arofis. ! 
The airy fpirits play with falling (bars ! 
And mount the fphere of fire to kifs the moon I 
"While Ihe fits reading by the glo,w- worms light. 
Or rotten wood (o'er which thi worm hath crept) 
The baneful fchedule of. her nocpnt charms. 
And binding charaders, through which (be wounds 
Her puppets, the figilla of her witchcraft. 
All this I know, and I will find her for you ; 
And (hew you her fitting in her fournj j riUay 
My hand upon her, make her throw her (kjut . ) 
Along her back, when (he doth ftart before us. 
But you muft give her law ; and you (hall fee her 
Make twenty leaps and doubles : crofs the paths^ 
And then fquat down befide us. 

John. Crafty croan ! . . ' 

I long to be at the fport, and to report it; 

Scar. We'll make this hunting of the. witch as famous. 
As any other.blaft of venery *i 

Scat. Hang her foul hag, (he'll be ^ (linking chace* 
I had rather ha' the hunting of her heir. 

Geo. If we could come to fee her, cry fo h^WjOnce^ !" 

AIL That I do promife, or I am no good hag-finder. 

* Scar. W£^ll make this hunting of ihe nuitch as famous^ 

As any other BLAST OF veneh Y.J This iaft expreffion may 
pofTibly be right, as it was cuflomary to ufe horns in huntings and 
CO conclude the death of the hare or deer with a particular* leflbn 
upon thofe inflruments ; otherwife I (hould have fufpe^ed blq/l of 
nfenery to be a corruption for hea/i of venery^ a bcaft of chate; the 
common appellation in the fporting language. 

^ Geo. //'wf could come to fee her cyy^ so HAW oncet\ We muil 
ftt ri^r the points of this line ; 

lf<we do come to fee her^ cry fo haw, once, 
^oJ}o\% the hunter's fignal upon Ending a hare Utting. 



The 



(( 



The Sad Shepherds 49" 



The Aroument of tibe Tbifd A^ .. ^ 

** P Uck«bairy difcovereth himftlf in the foteft^irfjc^ 
** -t difcourfcth hi« officcsf, with their itiecclljeaies^, 
" briefly ^ after which, Douce, entering in the habit of 
Earine, is f>urfued by Karol ; who miftaking:h(*r at 
firft to be his fifter^ qucfttons her how flie^ canie by> 
•• thofc garments* She ani'wers^ by bcf modhfir't^ft/ . 
" The Sad Shep^berd coming in the whrte^rftt runs^ 
*^ away affrighted, and leaves Karol fudderiiy.;; ^g* 
** lampur thinking it to be Earine's ghoft he fev^^^falk 
*' into a melancholic exprefiiori of his phant'fie: to^ 
^' Karol, and queftions him fadfy about that ffoint^ ^ 
*' which moves compaflion in Karol of his n>ifl:Rkc 
*' ftilb When Clarion and Lionel enter to call Kiroi 
'* to Artiie, Karol reports to them ^glamour's paflSon^ 
^' with much regret. Clarion rcfolveg to fcek hinVi 
*' Karol to return with Liontl. By the wa:y. Douce 
^' and her mother (in the (hape of Marian)' meet Lhcm/ 
** and would divert them, affirming Amie tor be rcco- 
*' vered, whieh Lbnel wondered at to be lb foon., 
** Robin Hood enters ; they tell him the relation 6? 
•* the witch, thinking her to be Marian ; Robid^ fut- 
" peftjng her to be Maudlin, lays hold of her girdle 
** iuddenly ; but fee ftriving to get free, they both run 
f* out, and ht return^ with the belt broken,- the 
^* following in her own fliape, dettianding it, bdt at a 
*' diftance^ as fearing to be fcized upon again ; and 
^ feeing Ihe cannot recover* it, falls into d roge, and 
^* curfmgy refolving to truft to her old arts, which ihc 
" Calls her goblin to affift in.- The fhe^herds, 
^' content with this difcovery, go home triyfepli- 
** ing, make the relation to Marian. Amie is glsfcdded' 
*^ with the fight of Karol, i^c. In the mean, time,- 
^^ enters Lorel, with pufpofe to ravifh Earint, and 



I 



50 The Sad Shepherd. 

•^ calling her forth to that lewd end, he by the hear- 
" ing of Clarion*s footing is ftaid, and forced to com- 
" mit her haftily to the trecf again » where Clarion 
'^ coming by, and hearing a voice Hnging, draws near 
^* unto it ; but jSglamour hearing it alfo, and know- 
" ing it to be Earinc*s, falls into a fuperftitious cdm- 
'^ mendation of it ; as being an angel's, and in the 
** air ; when Clarion efpies a hand put forth fronf>the 
^^ tree, and nnakes towards it, leaving ^glamour to 
*' his wild phant'fie, who quitteth the place : and 
^ Clarion beginning to court the hand, and niake love 
** to it, there arifeth a mift fuddenly, which darkning 
•^ all the place, Clarion lofcth himfelf, and the tref where 
«« Earine is inclofed, lamenting his misfortune, with the 
** unknown nymph's mifery. The air clearing, enters 
•^ the witch, with her fon and daughter, tells them 
** how (he had caufed that late darknefe, to free Lorel 
«' from furprifal, and his prey from being refcued from 
^* him : bids him look to her, and lock her up more 
*' carefully, and follow her, to aflift a work (he hath 
** in hand of recovering her loft girdle; which fhe 
** laments the lofs of with curfings, execrations, wifti-^ 
" ing tonfufion to their fcaft and meeting, fends her 
«' fon and daughter to gather certain fimplcs for her 
*' ^urpofe, and bring them to her dell. 1 his Puck 
** hearing, prevents, and fhews her error ft ill. The 
" huntfmen having found her footing, follow the 
*' traft, and prick after her. She gets to her dell, 
^* and takes her form. Enter, Aiken has fpied her 
•* fitting with her fpindle, threads, and images. They 
" are eager to feize her prefently, but Alkcn per- 
" fuades them to let her begin her charms, which 
*' they do. Her fon and daughter come to her; 
" the huntfmen are affrighted as they fee her work go 
*^ forward. And over-haft y to apprehcjAd her. Ore 
" efcapeth them all, by the help and delufions of 
<* Puck." 

ACT 






^he Sad Shepherd. 51 



ACT III. S C E N E I^ 

SCENE, SHERmOOD. 

Enter Puck^hairy. 

THE fiend hath much to do, that keeps a fchool { 
Or is the father of a family ; 
Or governs but a country academy : 
His labours* muft be great, as are his cares. 
To watch all turns^and call how to prevent 'em. . 
This dame of mine here, Maud, grows high in evil, 
And thinks (be does all, when *tis I, her devil, 
That both delude her, and muft yet protedt her ; 
She's confident in mifchicf, and prefumes 
The changing of her (hape will ftill fecure her. 
But that may fail, and divers hazards meet 
Of other coniequence, which I muft look to : 
Not let her be furprizM on the firft catch. 
I muft go dance about the foreft now. 
And firk it like a goblin, till I find her; 
Then will my fervice come worth acceptation. 
When not expeded of her : when the help 
Meets the neccflity, and both do kifs, 
Tis caird the timing of a duty, this. [^Exit. 

SCENE II. 

Enter Karol and Douce. 

ICar. Sure, you arc? very like her ! I conceived 
You had been ihe, feeing you run afore me : 
For fuch a fuit flie made her 'gainft this feaft. 
In all refemblance, or the very fame ; 
I faw her in it ; had (he liv'd t' enjoy it. 
She had been there an acceptable gueft 

E- 2 To 



{ 



52 The Sad Shepherd. 

To Marian, and the gcntk Robin Hood, 
Who are the crown and ghirland ' of the wood. 

Dpu. I cannot tell, my mother gave it me, 
And bade me wear it. 

Kar. Who, the wife g<)od woman, 
Old Maud, of Paplewick ? 

Don. Yes ; this fuUen man 
I cannot like- him, I mull take my leave. 

.[i5£glamour enters^ and Pouce goes euf* 

JEg. What faid fhc to you ? 

Kar. Who ? 

JEg. Earine. 
I faw her talking with you, or her ghoff 5 
For flie indeed is drown'd in old Trent's bottom* 
Did flie not tell who would ha*puird her in. 
And had her maiden-head upon the place, 
The river's brim, the margin of the flood ? 
No ground is holy enough, (you know my meaning) 
Lull is committed in kings' palaces. 
And yet their majefties not violated t 
No words f 

Kar. How fad and wild his thoughts are! gone? 
[^glamour goes out, and comes m again. 

JEg. But fhe, as chafte as was her name, Earine, 
Dy'd undeflower'd : and now her fweet Ibul hover* 
Here in the air above us ; and doth hafte 
To get up to the Moon, and Mercury •, 
And whilper Venus in her orb; then fpring 
Up to old Saturn, and come down by Mars, 
Confulting Jupiter ; and feat herfelf 
Juft in the midft with Phoebus ; tempering alt 
The jarring fpheres, and giving to the world 

* Wljo are the rr<K\3n, mid garland of the woo J, ] I have chofe" 
to give the old manner of fyeWwg garia/t^, as it is ufed by Spenfer,. 
and as the firil copies exhibit it in this xnacner.' 

1 Again^ 



f 



the Sad Shepherd. 53 

Agaii) his firfl: and tuneful phnetting ! 

O what an age will here be of new concords ! 

Delightful harmony ! to rock old iagcs, 

Twice infants, in the cradle o' fpcculation, • 

And throw a filence upon all the creatures ! 

[He goes out again, but returns as foon as before, 

Kar. A cogitation of the higheft rapture ! 

jEg. The loudeft &as, and mod enraged winds^ 
Shall lofe their clangor ; Tcmpeft fcall grow hoarfe ; 
Loud Thunder dumb ; and every fpeece of ftorm * 
Laid in the lap of lift'ning nature hufht,. 
To hear the changed chime of this eighth fpherc ^ 
Take tent, and hearken for it, lofe it not. 

[^gl^mour departs. 

SCENE m. 

Enter Clarion ^d Lionel to KaroL 

Cla. O here is Karol ! was not that the fad 
Shepherd flip*d from him ? 

Lio. Ycs^ Iguefsitwas; 
"Who was that left you, Karol ? 

Kar. The loft man ! 
Whom we (hall never fee himfeJf again ; 
Or ours, I fear! hq ftarts away from hand fo. 
And all the touches or foft ftrokes of fenfon 
Ye can apply ! no qolt is fo unbroken ! 
Or hawk yet half io haggard or unnianriM I 



• Tempest Jballgranjj boarfi^ 



LouJ thumier dumby and every s p E E c E afflorm, ] Tempejl fhould 
be evidently tempefis^ the i was dropt as the next word began with 
that letter, Eifery^ fpeece of ftorm y i. e, every kin^ or appearance ; 
fpeece from the Latin fpecics. 

3 ^fo hear the changed chime of Kis eighth fphereJ\ His fhould be 
/^ij, which hath alfo thie authotity of the folio. 

E 3 Hft 



54 ^he Sad Shepherd. 

He takes all toys that his wild phant'fic proffers. 

And flies away with them. He now conceived 

That my loft fitter, his Earine, 

Is lately turned a fphcre amid the feven ; 

And reads a mufick-ledture to the planets ! 

And with this thought he*s run to call 'em hearers ! 

Cla. Alas, this is a ftrain'd, but innocent phant'fie ! 
ni follow him, and find him if I can : 
Meantime, go you with Lionel, fwect Karol; 
He will acquaint you with an accident, 
Which much defircs your prefcnce on the place. 

[Exit Clarion* 

SCENE IV. 

Manenl Karol and Lionel. 

Kar. What is it, Lionel, wherein I may ferve you ? 
Why do you fo^furvey and circumfcribe me ? 
As if you ftuck one eye into my breaft. 
And with the other took my whole dimenfions*. 

Lio. I wifh you had a window i* your bolom. 
Or i' your back, I might look thorough you. 
And fee your in^parts, Karol, liver, heart 5 
For there the feat of love is : whence the boy 
(The winged archer) hath (hot home a fhaft 
Into my filler's brcafr, the innocent Amie ; 
Who now cries 6ut, upon her bed, on Karol, 
Sweet^finging" Karol ! the delicious Karol, 
That kils'd her like a Cupid T in your eyes,. 
She fays, his ftand is ! and between your lips 

He runs forth his divifions to her ears, 

' '.,.. r, ... "... - , 

' ' * *As rfyoujfuck one eye into- my heajly 
" '^" And ixj'th the other took my ijohole dimenfions.l The metaphor 
borrowed txoxw meafuring things with a compafs, which hath one 
iuor fi^:ed, aud the other extended to form the circle. 

:-• But 



The Sad Shepherd. SS 

But will not 'bide there, 'Icfs your fclf do brbg him. 
Go with me, Karol, and bcftow a vific 
In charity, upon the afflided maid. 
Who pincth with the languor of your love. 

Maud. Whither intend you ? Amic is recovered, 

[2> them enUr Maudlin and Douce, tut 
Maudlin appearing like Marian. 
Feels no fuch grief as (he complain'd of lately : 
This maiden hath been with her from her mother 
Maudlin, the cunning woman, who hath fent her 
Herbs for her head, and fimples of that nature 
Have wrought upon her a miraculous cure ; 
Settled her brain to all our wilh and wonder | 

Uo. So inftantly ? you know I now but left faer^ 
Poflcfs'd with fuch a fit almoft t* a phrenfie : 
Yourfelf too fear*d her, Marian, arid did urge 
My hafte to feek out Karol, and to bring him. 

Maud. I did fo. But the (kill of that wife woman. 
And her great charity of doing good. 
Hath by the ready hand of this deft lafs 
Her daughter, wrought efFcfts beyond belief. 
And to ailoniihment ; we can but thank, 
Alnd praife, and be amazed, while we tell it. 

{Tbey go out. 

Uo. 'Tis ftrange, that any art (hould fo help nature 
In her extreams. 

Kar. Then it appears moft real. 
When th* other is deficient. 

pnier Robin Hoodi 

Rob. Wherefore ftay you 
Difcourfing here, and hafte not with your fuccours 
To poor afflifted Amie, that fo needs them? 

Lio. She is recovered well, your Marian told us 
But now here: -fee, fhe is rcturn'd t' affirm it! 

E 4 {Ent¥: 



^6 ftke Sad Sh^pberJ. 

[Enttr Maudlin like Marian : Maudlin efpying 
Robin Hood, would run out^ but hejlays her- 
h f be girdle, and runs in with her: he returns 
with thegirdlebroken^ andjhe in her ownjhafi^ 

Jici. My Marian ? 

Maud. Robin Hood ? is he here ! 

Rob. Stay; 
What was't you ha' tx>ld my friend ? 

A^iiud. Help, OJurder, help ! 
You will not rob nv, ouc»law ? thief, reftore 
My belt that ye have broken ! 

Rob. Yes, come near. 

^jRftHid* Not i' your gripe. 

Rob. Was this the charmed circle? 
The copy that fo cozen'd and deceiv'd us? 
FU carry hence the .trophy of your fpoils. 
My npien fcall huot ypu toa upon the ftart, 
And^courfe you foumlly. 

Maud. I ihaU make 'cm fport, 
And fend fomc hpme without their legs or arm5. ' 
Vll teach 'em to climb ftiles, leap ditches, ponds. 
And lie i' the waters, if they follow me. 
' Roib^ Ouf, murmuring hag. 

[Exeunt Robin ofid Shephtrdi^ 

Maud. I muft ufe allhiy powers, ' ' 

Lay all my wits to piecing ik this lofs. 
^Things run unluckily : where's.niy Puck-hairy ? 

s. e: ^ N E y. 

Puck-hairy enters Po Maudliu. 

Maud' Hath he forfook nie ? 
t^Hch At your beck, madiam. 

'Maud.'O Puck, mv goblin ! I have loft my belt ; 

^ , ...::. w . :. . .-r^-\:^ .•.;-v^ . :, .The 



^hi Sad Shepherd. 5.7 

The ftrpng thief, Robin Out-law, forc'd it from me. 

Fuck. There are other clouds and blacker threat you. 
You muft be wary, and puH in your fails, [damc; 
And yield unto the weather of the tempeft. 
You think your power^s infinite as your malice; 
And would do all your anger prompts you to : 
But you muft wait occafions, and obey them: 
Sail in an egg-(hell, make a ftraw your maft, 
A cobweb all your cloth, and pafs unfeen. 
Till you have'fcap'd the rocks that are about you. 

-M/7«^, What rocks about me? 

Puck. I do love, madam. 
To {hew you all your dangers — when you are paft 'em. 
Come, follow me, I'll once more be your pilot. 
And you {hall thank me. 

Maud. Lucky, my lov'd goblin ! [£;^//Puck. 

Where are you gaang now ? [Lorel meets her. 

Lor. Unto my tree. 
To f^e my maiftrefs. 

Maud. Gang thy gait, and try 
Thy turns with better luck, or hang thy fel* *. 

* I cannot but lament with the reader, the lofs of the remaining 
parts of this play, whjch we could have born with the greater pa« 
tience, had even this adt been fortunately completed. We have no 
account how it came down to us in this mutilated condition; and 
conjectures can be at beft but precarious. Polfibly it might have been 
in the number of thofe pieces, which were accidentally burnt; tho*' 
indeed there is no particular mention of it in the Execration upon 
Vulcan : or Jonfon might have undertaken it in the decline of his 
days, and did not live to finifh it ; as was the cafe with his tragedy 
of Mortimer ; and to this conje«5ture we are induced by the firft line 
of the prologue, 

*' He that hath feafted you thefe forty years.'* 
There is indeed one reafon, which might lead us to believe, that the 
poet left it unfinifhed by defign. He beheld with great indignation 
the ungenerous treatment, which Fletcher's Faithful ^hepherdefs met 
with from th/e people at its firil appearance ; and he was witnefs 
alfo to the fmall encouragement that was (hewn to its revival, under 
the patronage of Charles I. Poilibly thefe circumilances deterred 
, him 



58 The Sad Shepherd. 

him from going through with the j)erformancc. As his compofi- 
ik)n was of a kindred nature to that of Fletcher, he might prcfagc 
the fame unforconate event, ihould he ever introduce it on the ilage» 
So that pofteritv.can only bewail the perverfity of tafte, in their in- 
judi<:tous aaceuors, whofe difcoui^genient of the fkx^ contributed 
to deprive us of the fecoiid patloral drama, that would do honour f 
the nation. What we now have ferveth only to increafe our re- 
gret ; like the remains of fome ancient mailer, which beget in \k% 
the moil inexpreffible deiire of a perft6t ftatuc by the fame hand. 
When a work is not completed by its author^ or maimed by the 
band of time^ one would either wifh the remaihs to be inconiidera- 
ble, or tl)e beauties lefs exquiiire and charming. In the former 
cafe the deficiency is not io much deplored, from oar inability 10 
judge of the perfedlion of the whole ; and in the latter, vrt arc 
very little anxious for what appears to be hardly worth preferving; 
but when a piec6 is fb far advanced, as to convince us of the ex- 
cellence of the artift, and of its own fuperiour delicacy, we are 
naturally touched with concern for what is loft, and fet a proper 
value on the parts which Aill fubfilh 

WhaUey's edition of Ben Jonfbn, 1756^ 



COH. 



[ 59 ] 
CONTINUATION 



OF 



BEN JONSON'S 

SAD SHEPHERD, 



Enter Lord to Maudlin. . 

Jlf j«i.T T 7" HERE are you gaang now ? 

VV Lor. Unto my tree. 
To fee my maiftrefs. 

Maudp Gang thy gait, and try 
Thy turns with better luck, or hang thy (el*. 

[^Exit Maudlin. 
• {Here ends Jonfon's Fragment.'] 
Lor. Tak ye na' tent^ gud mother; I's do well 
By fair or foul means, Lorel cares na'whilk : 
But Ts begin as mild as new-drawn milk. 
Now come ye forth once mair, coy lafs, and lee 
Gin ye will like or fcorn my gifts and me. 
Gi' me yer hand, as white and fofc as wool 
Of lambs, or down fra 'neath fwans' wings we pull : 
Sae foft a hand fuld ha' as foft a heart \ 
But yers'is hard as rock — we munna' part. 
Look, I ha* brought ye wildings fra* the wood, 
And callow neftkngs ta'en while the dam fought food. 

Ear. 



i 



6o The Sad Shepherd. 

- Ear. Ah, cruel Carle ! hade with them 6ack again ; 
Sure thou delight'ft in giving all things pain. 

Lrr, Nay, maiftrefs mine ! for tho' I pipe fu* well. 
Fit fc3ir thiDe ear I Ganno' fiog myfel ; 
But ye fall hear thefc fing, gif ye think meet, 
Ycr praife, deft lafs, in chirps and carrols fwect. 
And here's a gaudy girland for yer locks,* 
Of zallow fun-flow'rs, and ftreak'd hollyhocks. 
Nay, pu* na' fae, ye fall na' that gait gang ; 
Come to yon tedded grafs wi* nse alang : 
Or, wi* this oficr gyved tul a tree 
Ys ufe yc rough ; then wife and kinder be. 

Ear. Who can be kind to fuch a frightful thing^? 
No longer in my ears your vik fuit ding. 
Your form, your face, your manners are uncouth ; 
Yep need not flare, I tell you but the truth* 
Unlike the peerJels fwain, young iEglamoufi 
He is my love, my gentle paramour! 
No other e'er can pleafe Earine; 
But lead of »U mankind, foul Lore), thee ! 

Lor, Say ye fae, maiftrefs ? then, fin' fair words fail^ 
I's try gif foul deeds better will prevail. 
Eut wha comes here ? fore bKfters o' their feet ! 
In to the tree agg^^ I— whan next we meet 
I's gar ye pay for this — in, fcornfu' wretch ! 

Lar. Id t^ my gfave with joy to Ycape thy clutch. 
[L orel fim^s her up in the tree again ^ and goes out. 

Clarion enters,. 
C/^r> W.^re hath this love^^r^z'd fk^pk^fd ftray'd,! 
Alas, poor ^glanwiar ! thoa'rtfodiftraughb [tiEOW? 
1 fear tho0 'It [^pge into the filver Trfent, 
Hoping to pluck up (drown*d E^i^e; . 
But/Vicacf tl^efeof, l^fe in'c thy wrenched felf! 
"lb rice happy they >yho know not whjat is Ipurcv 
For where one Ihepherd and his ,i:riie ng^cq find. 
Like Robia liood. land ^nik Mftri^^ . 

Felicity 



the Sad BBiphtrd. *i 

Felicity in love, bow maity {)irtc 

Like hcart^fllrack Amie, and fed ^glatnour, 

Aod lovelorn mifery for aye ehdui^ 

[^mut finp in the irise. 

SO N G. 

*^ "TV Atighter (rf Jove ! Diana chaftc ? 

^' -^^ Unto a virgin^s refcue hafte^ 

•* And it I never npiuft regain 

*' My loving and beloved fwain, 

•* Bright Goddefs of the woods and groves, 

** Pity a maid who purely loves ; 

" Afid lee me, Dian, follow in thy train!" 

Clar. Whence are thofe thrilling fwect, and loVc- 

(fick founds? 
Sure 'tis fome near-hand (hepherdefs' fpfc ftrain \ 
Yet none can 1 efpyr— but hither bends 

Sad ^glamour^ 

[^glamour enters bafiHy. 
. jEgM * Earine ! where art thou ? 
From hence the voice came, but Ihe is not here •, 
Or, if Ihe is, invifible to me, 
Enthraird in dim-eyed flcfti — Earine f 
I heard thy angel notes above, around ; 
Pleas'd echo ft ill reverberates the found : 
Thou 'rt a bright feraph, hymning thy new birth •, 
I a poor worm, ftill crawling fad on earth. 
O gentle fpright ! late rapt to hcav'n fo high, 
Still doft thou deign, pure eflence ! to come nigh 
Earth's groifnefs thus? and, for thou fee'ft us dull, 
And clogg'd with clay, our fouls thou fain would'ft pull 

* The ideas, and fome of the very words in rbis fpecoli, are bor- 
rowed from Jonfon's Ephemc, See Vol, VII. of his Work*, i>. 26 
and 27, VTOalley's edition, 1756, 

Forth 



dz The Sad ShepherS. 

Forth their frail thralls, by fome celcftial fleight. 
And waft them hence to thy own ftarry height* 
O, that thou could'ft ! and that my foul were free 
To foar, and join the heavenly choir with thee! 
It ^all be fo. — ^I'll follow thee, bright maid ! 
And be in robes of light like thee array 'd ! 

[M^dLmoyjiX goes out. 
Clar. Alas, fond Shepherd ! more and more dift raft ! 
VE.2smt puts her band through a breach in the tree. 
But foft I is it a lily that I fee. 
Or fomethifig whiter, waving by yon tree ? 
My eyes delude me, or *tis a fair hand ! 
(Entranced with wonder motionlefs I ftand.) 
With vermeil-tinted finger-tips, it Ihews 
Like damafk buds, cluftring a pallid rofe ; 
Some gentle hamadryad dwells within ; 
No mortal hand had e'er fo white a fkin : 
If to the touch thou'rt palpable, Til kifs 
And court thee in an eftafy of blifs ! 

\jis Clarion runs towards the tree d 
fudden darknefs prevents him. ' 
*Tis loft in darknefs ! furc 'tis witchcraft all ! 
Foul Maudlin holds, I fear, fome nymph in thrall ; 
Perchance Earine, we all thought drown'd : 
O, that ftie yet may live ! and, fafely found, , 
Sad -ffiglamour's pure paffion yet be crown'd ! 
rU feek him firft, wife Alkcn next. — The gueft 
So mifs'd and mourn'd may ftill make glad our feaft ! 

[Clarion /(7//^ze'J ^glamour. 

Douce enters. 

Dou. 'Tis a gay garment this, and fits me well i 
When firft 1 wore it, I fcarce knew myfel. 
But now I am usM to 'r, troth, I think't no more 
Than what I fuld ha' had lang time before, • 

The 



7he Sad Shepherd. ^3 

The fliepherds doff their bonnets as \ pafs. 
And fay, briglu Be'voir's maids I a' furpafs. 
In a' the foreft there is nane fae (been 
As dainty Douce ; a very greenwood queen ! 
ComparM wi* me how like a fwine's my brother, 
A* briftled o'er ! — but, hulh ! here comes my mothcf^ 

fMaudlin and Lorel enter. 
Maud. Still, lubber Lorel, wo't thou wafte thy dmc 
To prate and parley wi* a wench in prime ? 
Was't not enow I ftockM her i* the tree, 
Mun I aye tend a heartlefs lowri like thee ? 
But for the fog I now fae fuddcn fprad, 
Ycr maiftrefs had bin found by yon trim lad. 
Albe ye had her fafely in ycr grip^ 
Ye mak ado as ye were fear'd to clip ; 
*Twcre right e'en o'er yer lugs yer fkin to ftrip ! 
Next time ye ha' her i' yer hands, be furc 
Ye wafte na' time in wards, but do unto her 
As* I ha* teird ye. 

Lor. Stand ye in yon fpace, 
Ts do it now, 'fore yer and Deuce's face. 

Dou. Troth, I na' like 't — gud mother, let me gang; 
Nor 'bide to fee him do the maiden wrang, 

Maud. Ye need na' budge, daft Douce ! it can't be 
My turn mun needs be (erv'd ere theirs, I trow, [now; 
There's other wark in hand — be furc ye keep 
Her fafc lock'd up (without a chink to peep 
Till ye come back) within the oaken tree— 
Ye, and yer fifter now mun gang wi' me. 
To gather balefu' fimples for ftrong charms. 
To wark my fafety, and my foemen harms, 

Dou. Mun I dew-dabble, mother, in thefe claithes ? 
Let me gang hame, and wrap in fitter fwaithes ; 
Nor, like a may-queen prank'd, a fimpling go, 
Left like a rniry muckfter I fuld (hew. [were beft, 
Maud. How now ! what wards be thefe ? hafte ! yc 
Wi' a' yer might, to do yer mother's hef^. 

Sail 



64 The Sad Shepherd. 

Sail I by fic a dowdy* as ye be croit, 
Whan I the deareft thing I had ha' loft? 

Lor. I's gar her gang bilive, ye need na' fear-^ 
But what is*t, mother, ye ha* loft fae dear ? 

Maud. My magic girdle, ta^en by Robin Hood, 
The curfed outlaw king o* this green wood. * 

The fpotted peftilence his bow'r furround ! 
Murrains and rots his antled herds confound ! 
His Marian, yeomen, guefts, and felf in turn 
Pangs, agues, fevers, rack and (hake and burn I 
Confufion to their meeting! death and dole 
Attend their feaft, and harrow ilka foul ! 

[They go, and Puck re-enteri. 

Puck. I went before you. Dame, but yet am here— ^' 
Puck can be here, and there, and every where ! 
Whene'er I pleafe a light and nimble Fairy ; 
Anon as fluggifh; then Tm call'd Puck-hairy. 
Thofe 1 affift, Robin Good-fellow call 
Their friend -, while thofe I fcare Hobgoblin bawl. 
I am wicked Maud's tame drudge, becaufe I muft ; 
And do her hefts, altho' I wifh her curft. 
But when my term is ended, w^hich draws nigh, 
ril be the beldam's bittereft enemy. 
Should Douce turn proud, ncgleftful of the dairy^' 
She^ftiall be pinch'd and hag-rid by Puck-hairy i 
Unto my namefake, Robin, and his love, 
Fcir Marian, Robin Good-fellow I'll prove ; 
So will I to his guefts in Sherwood bow'r. 
And all his merrymen : to Lorel four, 
ril be a Will o' the wifp, and oft miflead 
His wand'ring fteps, 'till in a bog he tread ; 
Scare him fometimes in fliape of wolf or beary 
O'er thorns and. briars, his brutal flcfli to tear^ 
But now to Maud— *ft)e hath not yet got far ; 
\\\ overtake her like a glancing ftgr ! 

SGENE 



J 



The Sad Shepherd. 6$ 

ZCEa^TL changes to Robin Hood's bower \ Amie 
reclining on a feat of turf \ Marian and Melliflcur 
ftanding on eacbjide of her. 

Am. No, no, you flatter me, fweet Mellifleur ; 
And you but mock me, Marian, by my troth : 
He will not come, alas ! he*s gone to filh 
In Trent's clear ftream, where his lov'd fifter lies 
A prey to thofe he in revenge (hall hook. 
But do not touch the finny cannibals, 
If he (hould bring them caught, tho* e'er fo pure 
And tempting they appear : 'tis with the flelh, 
The gorged flefli of drown'd Earine. 

Mar. See, gentle Amie, where kind Karol comes. 
With jolly Robin Hocu, who blith'fome looks ; 
Chear up, fweet maid, there's comfort yet in ftorc. * 

Meh The courteous Lionel comes with them too, 
•Would he were coniing Melliflcur to wooe ! [^Afide. 

Robin Hood, Karolin, and Lionel enter* 

Rob. Here, my bright Marian, is the magic band, 
With which the hag was girded, when, like you 
As drop to drop of water, I laid hold, 
And forc'd her take her own foul fliape again : 
Now is the myftery clear that caus'd our broil ; 
The only one our loves did e'er yet foil : 
Which nothing (hortof witchcraft could have done ; 
Nor (hall that more while our lives' currents run. 

Mar. If my lov'd Robin's fatisfied, I'm bleft ; 
And thank each chance makes me by thee careft ! 
Light griefs make afrer-joys more bright appear, 
A» clouds difpers'd ftill (hew the heav'ns more clear. 
But here's a gentle maid demands our care ; 
Tender as buds, as new-blown lilies fair ; 
Drooping with love, and withering with defpair. 

F Kar* 



U "the Sad Shepherds 

Kar. Kind Marian, by your leave-, let me defire 
But you^ and gallant Robin to retire, 
With courteous Lionel and Mellifleur; 
I will attempt the love^fick maiden's cure* 

Rob. Come then, my Marian, let us ice all's fet 
In order for our feaft ; I am in thy debt 
A countlefs fum of kifles for what's paft. 

Mar. I would the payment might for ever lafl: ! 

[Robin and Marian retin^ 

Lio. Robin and Marian kindly both withdraw^ 
^o give my filler and young Karol law. 
Each dove hath got its mate but you and I ; 
Shall we, fweet Mellifleur, at courtfhip try ? 
r th* rofe-and-myrtle grove let us go walk; 
And, tho' we wooc not, have fome pleafant talk. 

MeL Each word and look from you I hear and fcc^ 
Might ferve for wooing a foft maid like me. 

[Lionel leads MelHHeur out^ 

Itaroline and Amle remain, 
kar. What ails thee, gentle Amie ? what's thy grief? 
Look up, fad maid 1 I come to bring relief; 
What I have gather'd fince I have been away. 
Shall haply be the means thy grief to ftay ; 
Thou lov'ft a fwain term'd kind ; ah ! fure he ne'er 
Can but be kind to one fo^paffing fair ! 
One beauteous Virgin of the guefts is gone. 
My drowned fifter ! woe enough alone! 
Let not another droop, whom aught can lave 
From a worfe fate, a cold and love-lorn grave! 
Wilt thou permit me, deareft ! to 'apply 
"What I think meet, in hope of remedy? 
No anfwer, Amie ? filenoe is confent ; 
To prefs my lips to thine is what I meant, 
ril do it chailely as I were thy brother, ^Rifes her. 
Have I not, fweet I thou'lt not ref ufc another ? 

IKifes 



The Sad Shepherd. 6j 

The Shepherds fay my kiffinjg pleased you fo, 
That lack of more hath caiisM this loving woe : 
You praised my voice, they fay, and chaunted drain ; 
Will Amie hear her Karol fing again ? 

^ SONG. 

^* TT O W fwcet the breath of milky kine, ] 
•*^ " And lambkins in the fold ; 

** How fweet the air bUnd gales refine 
*^ On upland heath or wold : 

*' How fwect the fcent of new-mown hay, 
" And early-bloflbm*d grove : 

*^ But fweeter than the breath of May 
r " The balmy breath of love ! 

^* How fweet the fhepherd's pipe of oat, 

^* Which dawn of day doth hail ; 
*f How fweet the merry milk-maid*s note 

** When feared by her pail : 
" How fweet the fong of lark and thrufli, 

" Or voice of cooing dove ; 
" cBut fweeter 'neath a hawthorn bufli, 

" The votive voice of love !" 

'Tis an old faw, " Pity is kin to Love." 
That it is true what I now feel doth prove. \_AJide. 
Hqw is my gentle Amie ? fpeak, dear maid ! 
Thy love to Karolin's with love repaid. IKiJfes her. 
Am. Oh, Tm in Heav'n, kind Karol ! where's my 
r*Twas in my heart but now ; 'tis gone again ! [pain ? 
Oh, magic touch ! thy lips have chas'd all fmart, 
Warm*d my chill veins, and eas*d my lovc-fick heart. 
Oh, Karolin ! fweet Karolin! dear life ! 
Wilt thou accept fond Amie for thy wife ? 
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68 The Sad Shepherd, 

In faith I love thee ! and, tho' maids (hould liidd 
Surh wifhes, wifli I were kind Karol's bride. 

Kar. ril plight my troth to thee, but cannot wed 
Sweet Amie, while in Trent's cold watry bed 
My fifter Kes •, poor, drown*d Earine ! 
Her beauteous body firft Til thence fet free. 
And lay beneath a holy turf td reft; 
Then will we wed, and, bleffing, each be bleft ! 

[Exeunt Karolin and Ami^< 

the S C E N £ changes tb a wild fart of the Forefi. 

John, Scarlet, Scathlock, ^w^ George, enter. 

John. This Way flic went e'en now, and like a hare^ 
But fwifter. 

Scar. No, no ; it can never be — 
I'll not believe (he fo could cheat our tjts^ 
To make us think, while we all look'd on Kefr, 
We only faw a weak and timotous hare. 
What think you, George ? was it old Maud, or no ? 

George. I know not what to think, but this I know j 
Soon as we faw the witch, John blew his horn^ 
When fuddenly ftie took her to that brake 
Whence fprang what ye have all now run in view ; 
And while you three purfued the hare-like hag. 
Each bu(h around I beat for her in vain. 

Scat. Troth ye mak mony words, fools as ye are^ 
To ftand here fplottering till ye lofe yer game ; 
'Twas Maudlin, the curft crone, ye mar our fport. 

[Aiken enters to them. 

Alk. Well overtaken, friends ! I'm out of breath 1 
But I have feen from yon o'erhanging hill, 
(Whither I went to get protecting herbs) 
The various procefs of the witch's wilcs^i 

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The Sad Shepherd. 69 

And her familiar's pranks, the goblin Puck ; 

Who, tho' he ftill, perforce, afiilts the hag, 

Hath done her fordid fon each fpitcful turn, 

As with his filler, Douce, he rang'd around 

Through fenny fiats, in fearch of baleful weeds, 

Unto the witch's dioible all are gone ; 

Foul Maudlin ; Douce ; and Lorel, fcar'd by Puck \ 

Let us too haftep to the hag's dark dell ; 

My lif^ upon't our hunt fliall yet end well. 

[Exeunt Aiken and the Woodmeti. 

the SCENE changes to the WitcFs Dimtk. 

Maudlin is/een with her Spindle ^ Images ^ &c. ^c, i^c. 

Maud. Here am I fafe-r-were Douce and Lorel come, 
I'd wark a charm fuld ftrike the curft crew dumb. 
For their affronts Ps mak 'em pay fu' dear. 
And homage me, tho* not for love, through fear. 
The huntfmen canno', gif they track my way, 
Be here as yet, mak a' the fpecd they may-r- 
' Now for my thred, pins, images of y?ax, 
Xo w^rk them torment^ w^irs ?han whips or racks. 

, [She/pins andjngs. 

^* Around my wheel ; around, around !' 
" As faft as foot-board ftrikes the ground, 

*^ And keep my fpindle turning ; 
" Ps quickly twine a various thred 
*' Of black and yellow, blue and red : 

^' Then, as their types are burning, 
<* Prick'd through wi pins p'rufted fteel, 
** Their lives* line running round the reclj^ ^ 

" My foes wi' pangs be gtrning !" 
TShe continues preparing- her magical' operations. 

F 3 Aiken, 



70 The Sad Shepherd. 

Aiken, John, George, Scarlet, and Scathlock enter. ; 

Alk. See where (he fits, foul hag ! her fhape refum'd. 
In her drear fourm, chaunting fome uncouth fpell. 
Hold faft your vervain, dill, and mifletoc ; 
So (hall you fafe and all-unfeen remain. 
Till we may work the wicked beldam's thrall. 

Scat. Sal I lay grip upo' the wily witch ? 

Alk. No; wait with patience till her charms are done, 
Which cannot hurt as I have counterworked ; 
Then will we fcize her, naked of defence. 

Maud. Here come my bairns, well (tor'd wi* wicked 
The fpurs to evil, and o* gud the curbs. [herbs ; 

[Douce and Lorel enter.. 
Now quick relate what ye ha* carefu' fought. 
What ha' ye mift ? what ha* ye heedfu* brought ? 
Lord's o'er-breath'd ; fay what ha' ye, firll. Douce ? 

Don. Wi' a canker'd herdfman foon as I made truce, 
I got fome wool fra* a coal-black lamb's back. 

Maud. Out, dunce ! it is the blood, not wool, I lack. 
What ha* ye elfe ? produce a' in a crack. 

Dou. I ha' brought befides each Ijarmfu'plant ye ufe, 
Whan mankind or their beafts ye wald abufe. 
Falfe-fmiling crow-foot, favin, and fnake-root 5 
Moon- wort, and banew^ort, wolf and hen-bane both ; 
Either to lack methought ye wald be loth — 
Hemlock, and deadly-night-(hade; cyprefs; yew; 
Which, as ye fee, a' dropping poifonous dew, 
O'er the dank grave of a fdf-murderer grew. 

Maud. Thefe are but nofegays to my venom'd fpitc. 
Nov.', Lorel, fay, on what did ye alight ? 

Hor. By fome thwart fiend I was mifled and feared, 
Sae in my errand I but fcantly fared; 
And only here and there pick*d up a bit. 
Here's fnake-weed, paddock-rude, and cuckow-fpit ; 

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i[*he Sdcl "Shepherd. 71 

An unbrolce bag of vipers ; flow-worm ; newt ; 
An o'crgorgM fpider ; rat's-tail ; fwan's black foot. 
And fee too, mother, what I (lucky) found — 
A jellied ftar, dropt yefternight to ground — 
I guefs'd rt inight be potent in yer craft, 
Sae brought it ; tho' my fifter at me laught. 
I fpied an adder fucking 0' kie 's teat * ; 
I pu'd it thrice by th' tail, but 'twoud na* quit— 
I cut off^s head which ftill clung faft to fuck. 
And brought the body to ye : but, beft luck ! 
Sprad in a fpongy fungus* fewmand fhade. 
This fwoll'n and fpeckle- bellied toad was laid, 
Surcharged wi' venom, whilk his bowels brafl. 
And on his back the ranc'rous reptile caft. 
A* thefe I ha' brought ye, mother ; and had more. 
But that fomc fiend (I tell'd ye) feared me fore, 

Maud. Ye 'are daft as Douce, what fiend I trow 

f fuld fcare 
My bairns, when potent Maud and Puck are near ? 
Now hie ye. hence awhile, nor view mine art; 
Nae further in my witcheries ye bear part. 

Lor. Ts to my tree agen ; gif ftubborn dill 
I find the lafs, Ts force her to my will. 

Dou. And Ps gae proyn me new, wi^ mickle pains, 
Then proudly prance amang the (hepherd fwains. 

[Lore] and Douce depart. 

Maud. Ho ! goblin Puck ! come at yer dame's defire. 

Puck enters. 

Puck. Here I am, dame ! what now doth Maud re- 
My fervice almoft draweth to an end — [quire ? 

In what (hall Puck his lall affiftancc lend ? 

Maud. This is nae time to talk — fa* to, (tout drudge ! 
And aid yer miftrefs wreak the rankled grudge 

* Kie IS here intended to mean cov, in the fingular ; but it is 
really the old plural, being only a variatioa of d^akdi for kine*, 
C0W8. 

F 4 She. 



72 Tihe Sad S^ephrd. 

bhe bears to Robin Out-law, and his crew— 
Scathlock firft anger'd me, he firft fal rue ! 
Here arc the images of a' my foes ; 
What's done to them fal caufe their like like woes. 
For taking back the venifon, (come ! begin !) 
Into the heart of Scathlock run this pin. 

Scat^ Hold, damned hell-cat! or, wi' (harpen'd knife, 
I's rid the warld o' fie a finfu' life ! [are crofs'd ! 

Maud. Whafe voice is that ? help, Puck I my fpells 

Fuck. Hence, dame ! forego your purpofe, or you're 
Your foes are here invifible ; aroint ! [loft ! 

Their fcheme to trap you now I'll difappoint. 
Which ferviccends my thraldom! vanilh Itrait; 
Leaving your ihadc whereon to wreak their hate. 

Maud. Now then I go. 

Puck. Rife, Ihadow ! fubftancCj down ! [drown ! 
, Maud. The witch's curfe remain 1 hang, ftab, or 

[Puck and MzwAMnftnk with ajlrangt noifei 
a phantom like the witch rifes in herfread^ 
grinning at the huntfmen : they Jirike at ity 
and it dijappearsy leaving them in confujion. 

Scat. Where's Maud ? 

John. She funk ! 

Scar. She 'rofe again 1 

Geo, She's gone 1 

^//t. Oh, your impatience has my fcheme o'er thrown I 
If you had filent waited till each charm 
She' had, harmlefs, praftis'd, nor giv'n this alarm ; 
We Ihould have ta'en her, maugre all her art. 
And ftrait confign'd her to the pool or cart ! 
But o'er her goblin fince flic' hath no more pow'r, 
I'll end her witcheries this very hour. 
Come, let's about it, ere the day grow late; 
Then to our friends this magic tale relate. [^Exeunt. 

End of the Third Aft. 



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The Sad SbipbiTd. f 3 



ACT IV. 

Robin, Marian, Lionel, and MelHfleur enter^ meeting 
Karolin and Amie. 

Roh. WT Elcome once more, thou gentle, lovc-Gcl^; 
VV ° [maid! 

Welfome, kind Karolin ! mpft rightly nam*d 
I fee by Amie's love-delighted eye. 
Sure fdch a thrcave of mildly-aioulded fvyrains 
In bliCsful Arcady did never dwell! 
Let us not then repine, for we are plac'd 
In Albion's colder clime; not all the froft 
Her icyeft winters glaze our ftreams withal, 
Hat^ powV to chill the bofomof her fons ; 
Wherein love's fire maintains fuch conftant heat. 
That an eternal fervid fummer reigns ! 

Kar. So much I feel its force, while this fair fun 
Sheds her bright beams, infufing kindly warmch, 
Nor age nor winter e'er can freeze my veins; 
But youth and fpring-time, ever frcfh and new. 
Shall keep my love itill in its bud and bloom ! 

Mar. You need no tongue t' interpret for your eyes 5 
Yet fay, fond Amie, art thou blefs'd indeed ? 

'Am. So blefs'd, fo highly blefs'd, oh Marian ! 
That to be queen of all the region round. 
Or the whole peopled world, were blifs far fhorc 
Of the poffefling kindeft Karol's love ! 

Rob. Fairly confefs*d ; may you be ever thus ! 
Ana all that vifit this my greenwood bower 1 
Hither I came, foregoing pomp and ftate. 
In fearch of happinefs fo rarely found. 
Here in thefe fylvan fhades (oh blifsful feat!) 

Unenvied 




7f 9^^ Sad Shepherc^ 

Unenvied and unenvying, we abide 
The change of feafons, and the lapfe of time ; 
For healthful exercife, and needfulfood, 
Through merry Sherwood chafe the noble hart : 
When from his lair, beneath a brake of vert, 
Unharbour'd firft by Scathlock, or flout John, 
Sudden he'll bound, he'll fly ; afcend the hill, 
Defcend (that gained) the dale ; now (lop, look baci;^ 
And lift if he's fecure : the bugle founds ; 
Again like wind he fleets, as fleet the hounds 
Purfue i they ftrain, they pant ; till, nearly fpent. 
We flip our ftrong relays : then what a found. 
When in full cry the treble, counter, bafe 
O' th' tuneful pack, in perfeft harmony, 
Ring through the azure vault of fmiling heav'n ! 
Whofe echo with the concert keeps true time ; 
While the fpheres liften to the envied chim6 1 

Lio. Renowned hunter ! gallant Robin Hood I 
Thy bow'r, thy fports, thy manners pleafe fo well, 
A bowman with thee, I, content, could dwell ! 

Mel. Ah me ! is this the love I fondly dream'd 
He bare to me ? 'would it had not fo feem'd ! 

Mar. Sweet Melliflcur, why heaves that heart- 

[fetch'dfigh? 
Amie looks cheerly, thou as thou would'ft die; 
ThouVt love or planet- fl:ruck now ; how's the moon ? 
Mel. Ah me ! 1 fear that I fliall fudden fwoon ! 
Kar. Lead her forth, fliepherd, into other air j 
And courteous Lionel, a word i' your ear. 
Apply your lips to hers, be not afraid ; 
So was your filter cur'd, fo may this maid. 

[Lionel leads Mellifleur ouh 
Rob. 'Tis as it fliould be ! every man his mate ; 
'Twill make our feftival the more compleat* 
Were Clarion return'd, and the fad fwain, 
Craz'd jEglamour, but his right felf again. 

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ff%i^ Sad Sbepbertk 7-5 

We*d ftrive forget the fhepherdefs' late lofs 
r th' fwolleu Trer>t| ftie ftrove in vain to crofs ! 

Mar. Look ! look ! ^rant heav'n my da^led eyes fee 
Nor that her* lofs a fecond time I rue, (true ! 

See wherfe Earine, or e)fe her ghoft 
Approaches, Robin ! fure ftic was not loft, 

[Earine enters^ conduced by Aiken, John, 
Scarlet, Scathlock, and George, 
It is herfelf ! — this hand is flefh and blood — 
PraisM be the Gods for this unhop'd-for good ! 
Welcome our moum'd-for-dead, but living gyeft. 

Rok Welcome, moll beauteous maiden., to our fcaft ! 
Now (hall thy faithful ^glanriour be bleft. 

Kar. O my lov'd fitter ! do I once inore clafp. 
Thy living body in thefc folding arms ! 

Am. O joyful fight ! now will kind Karol wed. 
Eat. My Karolin ! my brother ! and good friends ! 
Where is my ^glamour ? my deareft love ! 
Does he yet think on his Earine ? 

Rob. On nothing elfe, fair maid \ and for thy lofs, 
Drown'd, as we fancied, in the Trent's fwift ftream. 
He wanders up and down, all woe-begone ; 
Of fenfe, almoft of life for thee bereft ! 
But Clarion, who doth careful 'cei;d his flaps, 
Shall Itrait condud: him to this blifsful bow'r; 
And fogn rcftore his wits, reftoring thee, 
But fay, Earine, where were you hid ? 
And to what chance owe we your prefence now ? 

Ear. Pleafe you to fpeak, brave bowman ! and in- 
From what a dreary prifon, and woi'fe dread^ [form 
Thy prowefs freed me. 

John. Pardon me, fair maid 1 
The talc befits not me ; fome other fpcak — 
Scathlock, George, Scarlet — 

Scat. Nay, Ps firfl: be hang'd! 
' Geo. It fits not us to talk. 
Scar. We were fore bang'd ! 
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^6i The Sad Shepherd. 

ii^3. Speak, Aiken, then,of allyou know hath happ'^, 
Alk. Firft let mc briefly tell, we chased the witch. 
Old Maudlin, in the (hape of a fleet harCj^ 
E'en to her fourm ; and there had taken her. 
But for our oyer-eagernefs of fport, 
Whiph feared her 'midfl her fpells and charms j whereon 
She and her goblin haftily took flight. 
And left us all-bewilder'd and amaz'd* 
Returning hither we beheld this maid 
Dragged forth a hoUow'd tree, by that coarfe carle 
Lewd Lord, hcftial as the fwine he feeds ; 
While with pure prayers the fpotlefs virgin call'd 
On Heav'n to (hicld that honour he affail'd. 
Who, that humanity or loVe e'er knew. 
Beauty diftreft from aiding could refrain ! 
Firft Scathlock, with his ftout and knotty ftafF^ 
Aiming a blow, the lubber loud 'gan laugh ; 
Strait from his ribs refounded Scathlock's ftroke; 
But, by ill luck, bis ftaff, tho' plant of oak. 
Snapped Ihort : the huntfman thus foon foil'd, retired^ 
As lightning fwifr, with indignation fir'd. 
Scarlet flew at him •, but, tho' brave and ftrong. 
The conflict 'twixt them lafted not o'er long ; 
Tripp'd by a flubbed thorn flat on his face, 
Lord exulted in th' unearned difgrace.' 
Nor better fared ftout George, for on the ground 
(Tho' us'd by dint of ftrength to pin and pound) 
Hurl'd by the huge hulk^ weltering was he found J 
I trembled for the maiden ! three were quell'd ; 
But one remained, fie match ; me, feeble eld 
Forbade to hop«, alrho' my heart were good. 
To conquer him who three men's conqueror flood. 
With fcofnful grin now Lorel John attacks; 
Then what a rattling peal of thumps and thwacks ! 
The maiden wail'd ; 1 pray'd -, they floutly fought j 
Vi(5lory,was neuter long, by both hard fought. 
At length the purfy fwine-herd blows for breath j 
Yet inediratcs, by art, thy bowman's death : 



^he Sad Sbepherdi jf 

!braws forth the knife with which he kills his fwine^^ 
And aims it in the grapple at John's chine — 
Heav'n gave me ftrengch to wreft it from his grip } 
Now John, quoth I, let not this moment flip ! 
No fooner faid than done ; John raised him high. 
Then downward dafli'd him } wallowing he doth lie 
In his own blood, with horrible outcry. 
The maid delivered, hither foon we catoe— 
Tho' John the praife won. let none elfe have blame ; 
To be well conquered is, 1 troW, no fhame. 

Rob. Well haft thou told the tale, wife Alkcn ! Johrt> 
May'ft thou to conquer ever thus go on 1 
And for this viftory at our feaft be feen, 
Beck'd with a coronal of laurel green ! 
Cheer up, brave fellows ! nor let this difmay ; 
You may have better luck another day : 
Bathe all your bruifes in my healing well. 
So (hall your wounds not fetter, or limbs fwell ; 
Then broach a cafk o* th' befti and *fwage your thirft ; 
Fighting's hot work — drinkdecp — but John drink firft ! 

John. Not this time, matter, I dcferve no praife ; 
But for fage Aiken ended were my days. 

Geo. I ne*er was beat before fo, by the mafs I 

Scar. Pm a meer jelly ! 

Scaf. I a cudgel'd afs ! 

[John, George, Scarlet, and Scathlock go out. 

Kar. How the ftout woodmen grieve for their mif- 

[chancc ! 

Rob. They are fo us'd to quell all dare oppofc 
They hardly brook this fingle vanquiftimcnt. 

Mar. Old Maud, then^ clearly hath efcap'd ? 

Alk. Not fo. 
Somewhat remains untold — between the tree 
Confined the maid, and this gay greenwood- bo wV, 
From an o'er-brambled gap in a rude crag. 
As wc.were potting hither, with furpi izc 

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> 



^ J fB^ Bad Shepherd. 

We faw crawl out the beldam late had funk 
r th* earth, attended by her quondam hind ; 
Who fpake thefe words, and inftant difappearM, 
' " My term's expir'd, my fervice done ; 

** Foul dame, with joy from thee I run !** 
1 fcizM the moment (he was unprepared, 
By aiding fiend, or charms, to make defence ; 
• And round her (hrivelfd neck an amulet fix'd, 
(Nought but repentance and pure prayers can loofe) 
That by its hidden virtue will prevent 
The \3nwitch'd hag from working future fcathe. 

Rob. In all things well and wilely haft thou done. 
But why comes Mellifleur jn tearsjl trow ? 
Will Lionel no kindnefs to her (hew ? 

Mellifleur enters. 

Mel Mourn, mourn, you gentle train ! naw all is^done; 
Forth from this feftal unto dark ihades run, 
And wail the woful'ft chance our plains e'er knew ! 

il4J?r. What chance, fweet maid? fay what, and 

[whence \x grew? 

Mel. When late young Lionel, the courteous Twain^ 
Hence led me to repeat an amorous drain ; 
From Trent*ward o'er the meads at diftance wc 
Beheld a (hepherd, bearing o'er the lea 
A drowned corfe; when Lionel fwifc ram. 
To help the living bear the lifckfs man. 
Dead ^Eglamour ! 

Ear. Ha! dead I 

Mel. Earine! 
Is't her, or is't her {hade, 1 wondering fee ? 
If her thou art, in vain he fought that d^ath 
By which he deemed his love was reft of breath j 
In vain he plung'd him in that watry bed ; 
In vain thou live'ft, fmce he, alas, is dead ! - 

Mar. Lo, where the gentle (hepherds, fad «ind flow, 
' Bear the cold corfe ! doth this a feftal (hew ? 

7 . Kar. 



The Sad Sbephird, ^9 

lK.ar. My almoft brother dead ! 

Am. And mine! 

Alk. Poor youth! 
Thou dicft a martyr to thy love and truth. 

Rob. Ill-fated (hepherd ! in that moment dirowny^ 
When all thy wifties were fo nearly cr6wh*d ; 
Our feftival thou'ft to a funeral turned ! [mourn'd. 

Ear. Break, break, poor heart ! foon as thy dead love's 
[Clarion and Lionel enter, bearing M^mom. 

Clar. Behold, lamenting friends! — and oh, fwect 
I almoft hoped did live — by death low laid [maid ! 
The pride of BeVoir vale ! 

Lia. And doft thou live, 
E^inis I thy true love's death to grieve ? 

Rob. Tell briefly, either fhephcrd, that knows bcft. 
How chanc'd his fate, then bear him to his reft. 

Clar. Th* unhappy youth late heard a fweet voice fing 
He thought Earine's ; ftrait to the fpring 
That, circling, rifes in the midft of Trent, . 
With fleeting ha(le to drown with her he went ; 
Thinking her fpirit hovered in the air. 
Waiting till his from mortal bonds was clean 
1 followed him, and gain'd the rivers brink 
Jufl: as he plung'd ; thefe eyes beheld him fink f 
Soon he arofe ; as foon he fank again, 
Mutt'ring Earine ! with flifled pain : 
A fecond time, but further from the fiiore. 
He 'rofe ; Earin I groaned — I heard no more — 
The eddying water whirl'd him once more down ; 
I flood the while aghaft — a man of ftone I 
As heaven ordain'd, a third time did he rife^ 
Speechlcls and fenfelefs I with difl:rafted cries 
I fprang lb near him, thati caught him faft. 
As he was finking ; and with utmoft hafte 
Swam with my death-like load unto the fliore ; 
Ufed every means I hoped might life rcftorc ; 

But, failing, hither ftrait the body bore. 

Rob 



86 Tie Sad Shipheri. 

Rob. Thy pains cpmmend thee, Ihcphefd, thcP iii 
As well i'th' water might he dill have lain j [vain ; 
For he is gone, ne'er to revive again ! 

Ear. No, I'll not weep! Til follow calm his bier. 
Then die upon his grave without a tear ! 

Rob. Within, ho! all whom life and health permit 
Come forth, to bear this corfe in order fit ; 
Bring too your bugles ; and, good Friar, lend 
Your pious aid, while fadly we attend, 
To' inter this duft near holy Reuben's cell ; 
Th' immortal part is flown with faints to dwell ! 
So ! — wind his Mort, with flow arid folemn found ; 
And fing his Dirge, as we pace toward the ground ! 

[^be Friar J 6f r. having comefortb^ they carry 
off lEglamour yjinging his Dirge. 

Dir. The chafe is o'er, the hart is flain ! 
The gentlefl: hart that grac'd the plain ; 
"With breath of bugles found his knell,. 
Then lay him low in death's drear dell! 

Kor beauteous form^ nor dappled hide. 
Nor brancliy head will long abide ; 
Nor fleeted foot that feuds the heath. 
Can 'fcape the fleeter huntfman, death. 

The hart is flain 1 his faithful deer. 
In fpite of hounds or huntfman near, 
iDefpiflng death, and all his train. 
Laments her hart untimely flain ! 

The chafe is o'er, the hart is flain ! 
The gentlefl: hart that grac'd the plain ; 
Blow foft your bugles, found his knell. 
Then lay him low in death's drear dell I 



Puck 



'^he Sad Shepherd. %\ 

Puck enters. 

Puck. My penance done, my tdilfome bondage paft. 
In which, for impure pranks, I erft was call, 
I am free as air ! released from Maud's curft thrall ; 
Who from her height of power full low doth fail — 
Wounded by adders, hiffing ali around. 
The beldam lies ; with a ftrong amulet bound 
From harming, or fubduing man or beaft. 
Now would I froliclc fain at Robin's feaft ; 
But with the drowned fhepherd's fate 'tis marr'd : 
Pity fuch love (hould ever be ill-ftar*d ! 
And yet, perchance, the fwain is not quite dead'; 
Methought a gleam of lightning hither fped ! 
There did ! fure token heaven hath blifs in ftore. 
And will revive again young ^glamour ! 
No more a witch's goblin and Puck-hairy, 
But mankind's friend, a pure and gentle fairy. 
The mourning throng invifible I'll join ; 
And, if the lead remains of breath divine 
Infufed at firft creation, unperceiv'd 
By mortal fenfes, ( I can't be decciv'd) 
I'll flioot from pole to pole, pervade the (kies 
For every aid that in immortals lies. 
Till he to life, Earine, and blifs arife ! [Exif. 

SCENE, Lord's Oak. ' / 

Lorel lying on the grounds 

Lor. Oh ! I fal ne'er get up again ! my bonfes 
Are broken fure ! and I am all o'er bruis'dj 
As though ten thrclhers had belaboured me ^ 

Wi' tlieir ftout flails, and beat me to mere chaff! 
They have ta'en my maiftrefs tu ! (that's warft of.^1) 
Though for my mother's help I loud 'gan bawl.'**' 

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Sa The Sad Shpbiri. 

Why wald (he let 'cm ? I remember when 
A darkening fog (he riis'd ; atid why not then ? 
And why not cocne to hdp me ? by tier arc 
I fuld be heal*d biKve of my fair fmart. 

Douce inters. 

0\ Douce ! kind fifter ! fee .where Lorel Uea, 
Lend me thy help while fra' the earth I rifc ! 

Dou. Ah, Lorel I brother! what hath hap'd eo 
My turn is next fure ! nought but mifery [thee ? 
Can I expe(^9 wi' nought to (hield fra* barms ; 
Nor Lord's ftrcngth, nor Maudlin's potent charms« 
Our mother^s witchcraft arts are from her flown ; 
I found her helplefs, making piteous moan, 
A* (lung wi^ adders, fought to mak a fpell : 
For cure I led her to the bealing-well 
Of Robin Hood ; fra' which with pain I drew 
Water for the 'nonce : then fearch'd for thee around^ 
To bear her home when (he has Twagcd each wound. 

Lor. Gi* rne yer hand, Douce ; gently ! gently ! ^ ; 
Gif I can walk Ts to my aiother gae, 
To crave her counfel how to qucil the foes, 
Wha ftole my maiftreis hejacc, and ga* me blows I 

Dou. whatever your fcathe, or by whoever done. 
To (tek revenge may bring on future ills ; 
Gud canna' fpring fra* evil plain is feen, 
And evil, tho* compell'd, the doer harms ! 
I ne'er did ill but by my mother forc'd. 
To aid her arts •, yet was I thereby hurt. 
This garment of Earinc's fhe gave, 
And bade me wear, did nwk me proud o* heart ; 
Pride's a great (in ; but pale revenge is wairs ! 
I ha* thrown off pride, as I will this gay garb 
Soon as I find the maid efcap'd yer tree ; 
Do ye foregae revenge : a rancrous heart 
Still i' the end doth pundfh moft itfel. 
Our mother's witchcraft o'er, (he can't compel 

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Us now to evil -, kt us. Lord, ftrive 
(Sae will yer herds, yer fel, and kindred thrive) 
Which can excell in gud, aserft in ill; 
Brother, I counfel ye, fra' right gud will ! 

Lor. Well ! lead to Maudlin, while I am in the muid, 
Wairs I can't thrive fuld I turn e'er fae gud ! 

[Exeunt. 

SCENE, Robin Hood's Well. 

Maudlin, /"///ffg- hy the well, bathing her wounds.^ 

Maud. Still mun I bear this torment, wairs than 
V'hich I wald willing meet to 'fcape fie pangs ! [death ; 
'ho* I ha* fliook the poifonous reptiles off 
*hat dung around my limbs, deaf to my wails 
is heav*n or hell, (both oft in vain invok'd) 
fet hath their venom rankled fae my veins, 
That e'en this wond'rous well can nought avail 
Co gi' me eafe, and heal the ferpents' wounds : 
My charms ha* pow'r nae mair, my fpirit's flown ; 
And I can only curfe, or faintly pray. 

Lorel and Douce enter. 

Lor. How fare ye, mother ? are ye wounded fair ? 
I am fair bruis'd, and ha' my maiftrefs loft ; 
A' things gae crofs, I think, to wark us ill ; 
I wanted yer help ; ye, mefeems, lack mine. 

Dou. How now, dear mother? are yer pains yet gone? 

Maud. Oh, no ! kind Douce ! they harrow e'en my 
I am fae curil, this till-now-healing well, [foul ! 

Doth but encreafe the pangs it elfe wald cure. 

Lor. Troth, mother, I ha' oft heard fay,that feld 
It helps the wicked ; never a foul witch ! 

Maud. Out on thee, limmer ! what vild wards are 

Oh ! oh ! again the poifon (hoots, and flings, [thefe ? 

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84 The Sad Shepherd. 

And bites, and gnaws, as it wald eat my heart ! 
What fal I do for eafe, dear daughter Douce ? 

Dou- Alas ! gud mother ! wald that I could tell I 
Lorel is ufcd to cope wi' a* the brood 
O* fnakcs and taids, in tending o' his herds ; 
He better kens than I. 

Maud. Again they pang ! 
Speak ye bilive, rude Lorel, what did ye 
Whan fie like reptiles harm'd yer fwinc and kie ? 
And gif ye ha' love or pitydo't to me ! 

Lor. Whan cleft-tongued adders ftung my bridled 
I dill ha* ufed to kill the hurten beafls ; [^fwine, 

Sal we kill ye ? or will ye bide in pain ? 
I ha* loft my knife ! — gif, mother, ye will die, 
LeiKl me yer blade or bodkin for the ftrokc. [fpecch, 

Dou. Shame on thee, lown ! gi* o'er fic uncouch 

iWj/zJ.Ha'yenae greater feeling ? fwineherd ! brute 1 
But wald yc flay your mother, thus opprefs*d ? 
Beftir yer lubber limbs, lefs hurt than mine. 
And help me to the haly hermit's cell ; 
Reuben is kind and flcijfu' ! — thanks, dear Douce. . 
Ha' mercy, heav'n I Til hence forfake my craft. 
My wiles, my witcheries, and turn to gud \ 
Sae may the evening o' my life be bleft, 
Sae, whan I die, my foul in heav'n may reft \ 

[Lorel and Douce had Maudlin out. 



SCENE, the Entrance to a Hermit's Cell. 

Reuben, a devout Hermit^ enters. 

Reub. Bkft be the hour I left, for this abode. 
The gaudy world ! here, dedicate to heaven, 
I pafs the evening of my wellfpent days ; 
Free from tumultuous cares, fraud, pain, and ftrife. 

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Here, from my bcech^n bowl, I drink the ftream 
That, fmooth meandVing, circumlcribes my cclLi. 
From cleanly trencher frugal viands eat ; 
Frefli herbs, ftor'd f ulfe, plants, fruit, or cfculcnt roots. 
Clad in coarfe frieze I feel not winter's cold. 
Which oft-time makes the filk-rob'd worldling (brink ; 
And in this fhade, where airy zephyrs dwell. 
Am far more free from fummer's heat, than thofe 
Who pant beneath a proud and gilded dome. 
The mat 1 wove of ruihes, from the brink 
Of the near brook, that prattling glides away, 
My nightly couch ; whereon, by fort content 
And gentle peace embrac'd, I Iweetly fleep ; 
And, ere the day unclofc his golden eye. 
Waking, pour forth my pure heart's orifons ; 
Then range the dewy meads for heav*n-fent herbs. 
Of foodful ufe, or medicinal power; 
For fclf-fupporr, or any need my aid. 
Thus do I keep my fear leaf ting'd with green *; 
And thus ftill ferving God and man am Teen 1 
But ceafe, my pleafancc ; hither bends a train 
Of nymphs and fhepherds, fadly o'er the plain. 

[^Part of the Dirge is heard repeated at a diftance. 

" The chafe is o'er, the hart is flain, 

" The gentleft hart that grac'd the plain ;- 

** With breath pf bugles found his knell, 

** Then lay him low in death's drear dell.'* 

[Robin Hood, Marian, Friar Tuck, the She- 
pherds^ ShepberdefeSj and woodmen (bearing 
uSlglamour) enter in folemn procejjion. 

Reub. What's here ? what's here ? a (hepherd's 

[drowned corfe ! 
Young -^glamour, the virtuous! worfcand wprfe ! 

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26 The Sad Shepherd, 

He that catr.c daily, hourly to my cell, 
And by my counfel framed his life fo well. 
In gbodncfs as in comelinefs t' exccU ! 
But vain is praife now — bear him gently in. 

[They carry -Slglamour into the cell ; 
Marian and the Sbeperdejfes foUow" 
ing, are prevented by Reuben. 
Let no more follow ! th' air muft be kept thin. 
And while we try our utmoft fkill ahd pOw'r 
Again his refpiration to reftore. 
Ye females to yon holy grove repair ; 
There kneel, and heaven implore with hymn andpray^r^, 
If he yet lives his guiltlefs life to fpare. 

[Reuben goes into the cell^ the %oomen remmn. 

Ear. What faid the reverend man ? is he not dead ? 
A clay -cold corfe upon the bier laid ! 
Why have they ta'en him hence ? ah, why deprive 
Me of him the few moments I am alive ! 
My heart fooh breaking, well together go. 
Wedded in dieath, to our bridal bed full low ! 

Mar. Peace, fad Earine ! with us along; 
And heaven addrefs in prayer, and holy fong, 
Reuben fpokc comfort ; heaven may yet refton^ 
The youth who now, like thee, we all deplore ! 

Mel. Come, lovely mourner ! to the holy fane. 

Am. Come, beauteous maid ! nor be thy prayers vain. 

£/?r. Lead on, good Marian; and, kind-hearted 
T' implore high heaven lend your pious aids ; [maids, 
Halle we to fervent prayer i' th' holy grove — 
This veil of death, ye facred powers, remove, 
And raife the youth again to life and love ! 

[Earine, Marian, ^c. go to the Grove. 

Friar Tuck and the JV^oodrHen return from the CelU 

Tuck. Come, my good fellows all, obey the heft 
Of holy Reuben; and, behind this Cell 

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Prepare a peaceful grave^ Til confccrate. 
Should life be flown paft power of calluig back, 
!For the drowned fliepherd ; leaving, the mean time. 
The hermit, with your mailer, Robin Hood, 
And the kind fhepherd-fwains, t' ajQTay reftore 
To life again the mourned iEglamour. 
Which (hould he not cfl'efl:, 'cis beft (he faid) 
With all difpatch he in the earth be laid ; 
Hid from the fight of the lamenting maid. 

John. Why, do you think it poflible, good Friar, 
Reuben (hould bring the dead to life again ? 

Geo. Ah, John, that never can be done, I fear. 

Scar. An*t can, the good old hermit fure will do't. 

Scat. An' gif he does, he's a gud man indeed. 

Tuck. He is, indeed ! a good, a holy man ! 
No world-chas'd libertine, compell'd to fly 
To unlov'd folitude for life ill fpent ; 
No four, unfocial, man-detefter, he. 
Secluded in a loneaufterity; 
Thinking to purchafe heaven by abftinence 
From what heaven fent, for mankind's moderate ufe % 
Mortification ; penance ; aud a train 
Of vifionary fuperftition's bribes 
For that, which nought but a pure heart can gain : 
Reuben is none of thefe ; devoutly vow'd 
To heaven and God, he's ftill the friend of man : 
Delighting in humanity's mild deeds. 
His each humane endeavour ftill fucceeds ! [fwain ? 

John. You think, then, father Tuck, he'll raife the 

Scat. Gif fo, why fold we dig a needlefs grave ? 

Tuck. Grudge not that little labour ; fhould it prove 
A needlefs one, I think you'll not repine : 
So do it for the reafon Reuben g^ve.— 
To fay he certainly will raife the fwain, 
Becaufe himfetf is holy, is not fit ; 
Vainly might I as well prefumc to fay, 

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88 T:he Sad Shepherd. 

You dill mud conquer for that you are.ftrong: 
Nothing we know's impoflible to God ! 
He, if he pleafe, may grant the good man's prayer,. . 
Beftovv a blefling on his pains and (kill, . - 

And raife the youth again, now feeming de^d ; 
Who, without pains, and Ikill^ and prayers to heaven. 
And heaven's bkfling giv'n, were dead indeed ! 
But that a* miracle (hould e'er be worU'd 
To interrupt great nature's fettled courfe. 
And give a fecond life to one quite dead, 
(Unkis t' accomplifh the defigns of God !) 
Were childifli to expeft ; weak to believe ; 
And derogates from heaven's wife providence ! 

'John. Thanks, gentle friar ! you have, as you are 
Expounded to us all fo plain and clear, [wont, 

A child might underftand. I have heard divines 
At Wakefield, Hereford, and Nottingham, 
So preach, perplex and pother with a text ; 
That not their hearers only, wife or learn'di 
But e'en themfelves were fo bewilder'd oft. 
They feem'd like men loft in a labyrinth's ipaze ; 
And ftray'd the more, the more they ftrove t' efcapc 
(Wanting the clue of fenfe to guide them right) 
The intricate, obfcure, apd puzzling path. [went I 

5cat. Mafs ! John, that's true ; and therefore feld 
To church to he;ir what none could underftand, 
• Scar. Come then ; now father Tuck has well ex- 

[plain'd 
Thefe matters, let's about the (hepherd's grave. 

Geo, May heaven and Reuben's fkill him frqm it fave! 

Tuch Hold J hither come the wicked beldam, Maud; 
Her fon, and daughter ; what brings them here trow ? 

Scat, Were flie but ftill a witch, (for Aiken fays 
Her curfcd craft is done, her goblin flown) 
6uld a' means fail gud Reuben fal effiy, 
^he might ca' back the dead man's fprite vvi' charms. 
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5r«r^. No, Scathloek, no ! think not thofc leagued 

[with hell 
Cane^er that good atchieve, which pious prayers 
And heaven's high pieafure do not bring to pafs. 

Maudlin, Douce, and Lore! enter. 

Lor^ Mother, gae back ! for yoader's little John, 
Wha fae belaboured me I fcant can crawl ; 
Belike again he'll beat me gif I fta/ ! ) 

Maud. See yie na' farher Tuck ? nae harm can hap 
While he is prefent — ^On her knees, gud friar. 
Behold a wretched e}d, whafe wicked life 
Has n>ade her th' outcaft and the hate o' th' warld : 
f orgi* me, haly friar ! and ye, gud men. 
Wham I ha' oft offended, oh, forgi' 
A helplefs, harmlefs, and repentant wretch, 
Wha ne'er will injure ye or yer's agen ! 

"Tuck. If, as you fay, you do repent your crimes. 
And ne'er will praftiie your vile arts again, 
ril anfwerfor thefe honeft-hearted men, 
A^ well as for myfelf, your pardon ftrait. 
But fay, what brings you here ? we are bufy npw. 
And, oh ! (I grieve t' upbraid, forgivenefs pafs'd.) 
You were the caule of what employs our cares ! 
Had not rude Lorel, aided by your arts. 
Concealed Earine, young ^glamour. 
Who thought her dead, had not now lain -a corfe, 
A drowned corfe, in holy Reuben's cell. 

Dou. O piteous tidings! is the fhepherd drown'd! 

Maud. Ha' mercy, heaven ! nor let the innocent's 
Be added to my countlefs, heinous crimes ! [death 
Hafte me, a n't be yer will, gud reverend friar 1 
To where he lies. Tho' I ha' left my arts. 
My wicked anes, yet 1 pofTefs gud flcill. 
And knowledge in what's fitting to be done 
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90 The Sad Shepherd. 

Gif in my power^ for my ill-doing paft: 
Perchance the haly hermit then will try» 
To gar the pangs I now endure to ceafe ; 
And I my better days may end in peace ! 

^uch If thou 'rt fincere, come with me to the cell; 
Meantime, good fellows, do as was dcfir'd : 
That, if all pains, and (kill, and prayers Ihould fttl 
To raife the youth ; according to the heft 
Of holy Reuben he be laid to reft ! 

\¥riar Tuck and Maudlin g^ inH the ttU. 

Lor. Come, Douce, wi'me, I am afeard to ftay, 
Bruis'd as I am, t* endure another fray ; 
Suld John there force me wi* him now to fight. 
Like ^glamour Ps bid the warld gud night ! 

Dou. Fs gae left they fuld wreak on me their fpite. 

[Lorel and Douce ge cut. 

Scat. The fturdy Lorel fcouls, and gangs his gat?e ; 
He fears to bide, and fwagger, as o' late. 

John. *Tis a mere favagc, and beneath our thought ; 
Come, now let's to our talk ; and, ere 'tis wrought. 
Good Reuben's heavcn-blefs'd (kill I pray make vain. 
Our labour, by reviving the young fwainl 

[^Exeunt. 



End of tU Fourth Ad. 



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ACT V. 

S C E N E tf Gro^e, wUb an Altar. 

Earinc, Marian, Amie, and Mcllifleur kneeling ^t the 
Altar. Earinc rifes. 

JEjr.np HANKS! thanks! good Marian! and, 
A [like me, pure maids 1 

Such fervent prayers fure will not be in vain. 

[The rijl rife. 
But, to leave nought untried, as Reuben bade. 
In hymns and carols pour we praifes forth. 
And wooe with melody the heavenly throne ! 

Earirte Jings. 

" O God ! throughout whofe works divine, 
** Such perfeft harmony doth fliinc I 

** By chiming fpheres 

** Who meteft years^ 

^' And months, and days ! 

*' O hear us praife 
" That wond'rous concord which in all appears ! 

" May no difcordance here be found ! 
•^ Let nought but harmony abound ! 

*^ O raife the fwain 

" Whofe lofs our drain 

** With difcord jars y 

" Our feftal mars ! 
f* Raife him for whom the groves with grief refound !" 

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Maudlin and Douce enter. 

Maud. O haly man ! bled hermit ! wi' what fkill 
Haft thou removed the vipVous pangs I felt 1 
Lead me, my Douce, unto the altar's foot ; 
That I may thank my God, as Reuben bade. 

EarAia. ! hither bends the cankered beldam, Maud ! 
From whofe brute fon I but erewhile efcap'd^ — 
Hafte ! fly ! or we (ball quick be made her thralls, 

Dou. Fear nacthing, damfel! for my mother's 
Is hither come to praile the gracious Gods, [chang'd i 
And crave forgi*neft for her wrangs to thee, 
Myfcl am altered tu ; late Douce the proud ; ' 

But now as humble as the lowlieft (hrub 
That bends to heav'n's leaft breath ! this dainty drcfs, 
Yer feljal garment, I fal ftrait reftore, 
Which by my mother's heft till now I wore ; 
In ruflet gown and kirtle hence array 'd, 
Ts prove a meek and gentle rural maid. 

Maud. Forgi' me, virgin ! I ha' lang been naught ; 
And for my ill deeds on my knees am ^brought. 
Forgi^me, virgin! and Ts henceforth be 
As gud, as I till now was ill to thee! 

Ear. And art thou altered, Maudlin ? if thour't good. 
By that fame art enthralled me in the wood, 
Oh, raife my love, mf jEglamour from death ! 
Your potency can do it with a breath. 
Yonder he lies, within the hermit's cell ; 
Reftore my love, and all things ftjall be well ! . 

Maud. That is already done. 

Clarion enters. 

Clar. Where, where's the maid, 
Earine ? to wSlglamour ftrait fly — 
He breathes j pronounc'd your name ; hafte ! to him 
Convince the ftill-craz'd fliep herd you're alive; [hafte! 

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The Sad Shepherd. 93 

Or, in dcfpair, on felf-dcftruftion bent. 
Again hell feek you in the filvcr Trent* 

Ear. Docs he then live ? and is my love ftill true I 
Lead, kad me, maidens ! come, good Marian, too 1 
Now all is harmony ! above, around ! 
My ihepherd lives ! our loves fhall now be crown'd ! 

Clarion, Douce, and Maudlin remain. 

Clar. Why do not I to ^glamour return ? 
What holds me here ? with what ftrange fire I bura I 
Sure I was blind till now, or now am fo — 
Yon maid has pals'd before me to and fro 
Oft times to-day, and never mark'd before. 
But that full proudly ftill herfelf fhe bore : 
Sure I miftook — ^ftie feems a courteous maid-« 
Should I/accoft her, and with fcorn be paid, 
^Twould grieve me much ; but hence with idle fear ! 
Her kneeling mother left intention prayer. 
She this way bends — how fares the gentle Douce ? 

Dou. Ca' ye me fae in fcorn ? gud (hepherd, truce 
Wi' fic keen gibes for that I erft was proud. 
Nor interrupt devotion j ye're o'er loud : 
See ye not, (wain, my mother kneeling there, 
Wi* upturned eyne, devoutly in her pray'r ? 

Clar. I do, dear Douce I and I would kneel to thee^ 
Did I not fear, you'd fcorn my fuit and me. 

Dou. What fuit can Clarion ha' to lowly Douce \ 
Rich fwains ne'er wooe poor maids, but to feduce ! 

Clar. True I am rich as any (hepherd round ; 
But let not that my honed fuit confound. 
'1 is true I own thofe fertile vallies green. 
And thymy downs, where herds and flocks are feen 
In countlefs numbers, mine ; by heedful hinds 
Led to the paftures proper for their kinds ; 
Their milk made checfe, their fnowy fleeces (horn, , 
And to the neighb'ring market duly born. 

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94 ^^e Sad Shepherd. 

Get me retures o^ all fuch town-made geer. 
As in my farm are needful ; or appear 
To deck and trim my fcarcely-equaU'd cot ; 
Good (tore of coin befides in cheft I have got : 
True I were rich as any (hepherd-fwain. 
If gentle Douce's love I might obtain. 

Don. What ?re yer fields, yer flocks, yer cot, yer coin 
To me, rich fwain ? had ye o' gold a mine, 
Sae far fra tempting, it would make me fear 
A fimple wench might buy e'en gold o'er dear. 

Chr. But, pretty nuid ! did Clarion fairly wooe. 
Proffer to wed, and promife to be true ; 
Had Douce no other (hepberd in her thought. 
And Clarion fhe to like perchance were brought. 
No more ought flie object his plenteous (lore. 
Than he doth Douce's ftate, tho' e'^er ib poor. 

Dou. It gars me bluQi to anfwer I but *tis truth, 
I ne'er fet eyne upon a comelier youth ; 
Nae other fticpherd i* my heart hath place ; 
Yet Tm na* fmittcn wi' yer handibmc face, 
Nae mair than wi' yer wealth ; yer fpeech has moft 
My pleased attention (for 'tisfooth) engroft — 
It ihews ye honeft, kind, and like to prove. 
Where e'er ye wooe, ftill conftant i* yer love. 
My mother comes — ^gif|ye indeed mean footh. 
Tell her yer-tale, her nfiind is turn'dto reuth. 

Clar. Thanks, gentle Douce ! this unaftcded leave, 
fSure (ign of an ingenuous mind) believe, 
Makes me the happieft Ihepherd o' the green ! 

Maud. How am I chang'd fra what o'erlang I ha' 
The wicked fiend poffefs'd my foul is fled, [been ! 
And a' my thoughts are turn'd to God and gud ! 
1 ha* Icap'd the thralldom o' the prince o' hell. 
To whom for aye I had near fold myfel ! 
Nae mair a witch, but a right honeft dame ; 
And ilka one I meet fal ken the fame. 

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Clar. Good Maudlin, grant a boon, nor fay me nay. 
Maud^ Aught; i' my gift, gud ftiq)hcrd, alk and ha% 
But what can fie a poor and outcaft wretch 
Beftow on thee, ftor'd fwain } 
Clar. Thou art more rich ! 
Owning, in my mind, what o' ervalues all 
That I, or wealthier fwains, our own may call 
Of herds, or flocks, or cot, or farm, or field ; 
With all the produce they their owners yield. 
The charms thou canft beftow ■ ■ 

Maud. Out, out, alas ! 
Nae mair in charms and fpells do I furpafs ; 
Nae mair will Maud engage in deeds fae dark — 
Witchcraft, young (hepherd, is the devil's wark ! 

Dou. Gud mother, ye miftake th' well-meaning 

He does na'wilh ye to turn witch again. [fwain, 

CJar. O, no, good dame! forefcnd, high heaven, I 

My wilhes. Maudlin, tend to nought but good ; [(hou'd I 

Thine, thy fair dai^hter's, and in her's too mine: 

. She is the prize for which I throw my line ! 

Maud. Speak plainer, ihepherd, and wi' riddles truce. 
Clan Then in plain terms, I love your daughter 

[Douce. 
Love reigns around ! hill, dale, cot, greenwood-bower. 
And their blithe tenants, own his fovereign power ! 
The birds all pair'd make vocal every grove. 
While to his mate each chearful chaunts his lovc; 
The willing ewes, atod wanton rams around. 
In fportive buttings frolick, mount, and bound ; 
The heifer feel? love's fire, breathes fliort, and pants ; 
And to the fteer his novel wilhes grants : 
Each (hepherd late invited round Sherwood, 
To the fam'dfeaft of jolly Robin Hood, 
Hath chofe his buxom bride, hath woo'd and fped. 
Except myfelf — let it not, dame, be faid. 
Clarion alone returned from thence unwed ! 

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Maui. Now I come near ye, and yer meaning take ; 
And gif ye'U wed my Douce, and ne'er forfake 
Yer low-born bride for fome mair high-bred lafs. 
But hand-in-hand ftill through life's journey pafs, 
I gi' ye my confent and bleffirig baith ! , [claith 

And, though ye are rich, for dower fome fine-fpua 
Blcach'd white as chalky cliffs; fome linfey fluff. 
For winter coats and kirtles gud enough ; 
Wi* a few marks o' gold, I ha* fav'd wi' care : 
This will I gi*, and wifti that it were mair, 

Clar. Talk not of dower, good mother, geer nor gold; 
The trueft love is neither bought or fold ! 
I have enough for both, nor wifh that ftie 
Should bring or goods or coin for wedding fee ; 
Blefs^d with her love, why need I covet more. 
And take thy mite t' increafe my boundlefs ftore ? 
Rather of me receive the means of life. 
In gratitude for yielding Douce my wife ; 
"With every filial duty and refpeft. 
To Ihield thy age from want, and rude negledi: ! 

[Exeunf. 

The SCENE changes to another part of the Gr$ve» 

Puck enters. 

Puck. How hard to keep frail life's near-fleeting 
Within the bofom of the fad young fwain ; [breath 
Thinking Earine no longer lives 
To crown his paffion, and rew^d his love ! 
The holy hermit's prayers, and Maudlin's fkill, 
Affifted by the friendly (hephcrds' pains. 
With every aid e'en I could minifter. 
Were fcarce fufBcient to re-animate 
His death-like form, and caufe the ftream of life 
Again to flow through his obftrufted veins; 

And, 



The Sad Sbepberdi 9 7 

And, when nj^ir'tJ, all frantic for the loft 

(The double Ws he call'd it) of the niaid 

He hoped, by quitting life, to find in heaved. 

How fudden his relaple to lecming death ! 

In which cold trance a fecond time he lies $ 

But fafe from danger : for Earm^s voice. 

And touch, and breath, (hall fweetly wooe and win 

His willing foul, with tranfport to abide. 

For her dear fak«, foon as he knows (he lives. 

In his fofid breaft, to life's extremeft date I 

When (be hath tried the force, and he hath felt 

Th' effeds (and they are great) of powerful love ; 

{ will once more adminder what lies 

In me, to perfed and confirm their blifs ! 

Meantime I will mdulge my mirthful bent^ 

In whatfoever fportfiil theme occurs—* 

A,nd lo ! here comes rude Lorel, ftill my butt 

Of waggery, and whom I joy to jeer. 

Lorel enters. 

Lor. The bow-men fay that iEglamoar^s reftor'd I 
And, 'ftead of digging, as was bid, his grave. 
Are fporting as they lift around the cell — 
Sma' comfort fie like news to Lorel gives f 
Who hoped, his hated reucl being dead^ 
To ha* without control, Earine. 

Puck. What ihould (he, trow, with fuch a clown as 
Thou have Earine ! a fwine-herd bafe [thee ? 

Of uncouth fprm, and fcarcely humari face ! 
With pent-houfe eye-brows, that together join ; 
Of fullen churliihnefs the certain fign : 
A mouth diftcnded e'en from ear to ear ; 
Eyes, 'ftead of loye, infpiring hate and fear ! 
Go, 'tend tity fwine, nor think of fuch a maid^ 
Who e'en to look at thee is fore afraid. 

Lor. What fay-like t\i are ye^that mock and flQUti! 
Were ye Puck-hairy late ? thus gay pranfc'd out. 

. H Gif 



1 



^S 7he SaJ SbephefJ. 

Gif that yc were, (as by ycr voice arid htt 
Methinks ic feeais) and now a fprtte of grace^ 
Leave fcorning, Robin ! nor perplex me mairt 
As wh^n my mother's fimples haciie I bare ! 
Pm fure 'twas ye that bay*d me like a wolf; 
Then in my footway flamed a fiery gulph ! 
A night owl beat her pinions 'gainlt my bead^ 
*Till o' the ground I fell, wi' fright near dead ! 
Ye werQ that owl ! and mair to gar me quake^ 
Ye twined around my legs like a fcaled fnake« 
Which whan I grafpt and ftrave to loofe, ftrait tum'd 
To red hot iron, and a' my fingers burn'd ! 

Puck. True, lubber Lorcl ; and when thou didftfpy 
A will-o'-the-whifp, that meteor was I ; 
"Which led thee in a quagmire to thy knees : 
I can take any (hape, thou know'ft, I pleafe. 
When I was vaffal to your mother, I 
Could trace earth's utmoft limits, now can fly 
Beyond the ftarry fphcre : whence in a thought 
For the drown'd youth e'en now relief I brought ; 
My power is mightier than erft was Maud's! 
Obferve my filky wings ! aerial gauds ! 
My coronal, compos'd of lucid beams 
And flow'rets inter-twin'd ! which well befeems 
My Iris-robe, with (tars and crefcents bright 
O'er-ftudded, darting round a filvery light ! 
This my garb now, 'dead of the ftiaggy veft. 
Wherein Fuck-hairy was uncouthly dreft. 
Thus changed from beldam Maudlin's flavilh drudge^ 
Nor on vile errands longer forc'd to trudge, 
A fpirit pure ! I now am prone to good ; 
The watchful guardian of this verdant woodl 
Unto the virtuous a firm friend Til be ; 
But, for thou Vt evil, ^ fear'd foe to thee ! 

Lor. I prithee be not ! and Ts try to mend— 
f th 'ftead o' harming^ yer afliftance lend, ^ 



Tbe Sad Shepherd. ^9 

1 rrliy reform ; but canrio* in a trice 

Be changed a* o'er to gud fra long-lovM vice ! 

Puck. Deferve triy favour, you ftiall favour find ! 
Go, Ihew your mother you're not far behind, 
Hcrfelf in reformation ; glad her heart. 
Which now in goodncfs takes an unus'd part : 
Hence, and conduft her to the hermit's cell, ' 
Whofe reconcilement foon (hall make all well. 

Lor. Troth, will I ; wi' a fcore o'thanks to ye ! 
And for yer kindnefs ye fal ne'er lack fee ! 
Is gi' ye a plump porker, young and fat ; 
Or the tithe-pig, 'flead o'the prieft, ye's get : 
A brinded bulchin whan ye a(k ye's ha* ; 
Or a milch-kie * ; gif ye're a gentle fay ! 
For curds and cream, and fie like belly gecr, 
Cheefe, honey, wax, to want ye need na' fear ; 
Fs gar my fitter Douce fct ye ilk e*en 
Sic bowls o' milk for fairies yet ne'er feen ; 
Wi' flaunes and cuftards : and, for ye 're fac fmert. 
Ne'er fal ye find the fma'cft fpot o'dirt, 
To 'file yer rain bow- robe, and rigol bright. 
Or ony gaud wi' whilk ye are bedight ! 

Puck. Your meaning's good, therefore your offers 
But think not I, as late, want bribes like thefe : [plcafc ; 
When I was Maudlin's hind, my appetites 
Were nearly human, feeking grofs delights; 
And, for thy mother grudg'd me needful food. 
After my daily labours for her good, 
Inftcad of fleeping, which my ftate then crav'd. 
For milk and flour in neighbouring barns 1 flav'd 
The live-long night; cut chaffs, ground malt, threfli'd 
Till Lucifer arofe, bright ftar of morn ! C^orn, 

Whcn,tir'd, upon the ember'd hearth I'd fnore 
Some little fpace, to renovate each pov^'r: 

* See an ob/ervation on Kie, A(St 3. p. 51. equally sipplicablc 
Y fo this paiTagc, 



xoo The Sad Sbepbird. 

Thetii with cramm'd paunch, and craun4le4i<|uef'd 
Hie home, before the Quggard-roufing note [chrotfib 
Of chanticleer bade (hepherd-lads unfoM 
Their bleating flocks, and drive them to the wold; 
Creep to my ftraw^pleach'd bed, thence fe«ai to nit 
Ere Maudlin quite had oped her ferret eyes* 
Thefe flavcries paft, my eflTence pure regain'd, 
(Polluting which poor Puck in groflheS chain'dl) 
I want nor flelh, nor flour, nor cakes, nor cream» 
Nor aught whereon miftaken mortals dream 
We fairies feed 5 — fo, hence ! while I attend 
Invifible, and to the fad fwain lend 
Such help he yet may want ; and quite refl:ore 
Unto Earinc her -^glamour ! lExeuHh 



y*^ S C E N E changes to the entrance to Reuben's CeU. 

Reuben^ Robin Hood, Earine, Marian, 6fr. &?r. at- 
tending .Slglamour. 

Ear. So! gently ! gently! — lay him on this bank 
Of dar!<-hucd violets, their perfum'd fcent 
Will make the breath my love again refpires. 
Sweet as ^^^as that for me fo late he loft ! 
Oh, holy Sir! pardon a fimpje maid, 
For thus dire&ing, where command is thine. 

Reu. Gentle and good ! fair, and full wife withal f 
Needful it is to court each vagrant fenfe 
With thofe delights, will tempt them to abide 
In their frail manfion. With his flow-drawn breath. 
Let fcent of fweeteft flowers be intermixed ; 
Which, adding to the natural delight 
Enjoy'd in breathing, may promote the aft : 
Clafp his hand, maid ! in thine ; quick from thy heart 
Love's fire will hafte, as quick communicate 
A vital heat to every yet-chill vein : 

I Then 



The Sad Shepherd. iQi 

Tlicn /b^ll hts eye-Ftds ope like dawn of d^y ; 

Which to entice ftill further to difclofe 

Their calked jewels, fet thy face in view. 

To gaze on which each vifual nerve theyll ftrajn. 

And like twin-funs full brightly (bine again. 

For one fwcet fenfe, leave crav'd of modeftyi 

Apply thy lips bedewM with ncdtarous balm 

To hi§, as ruddy erft as now thy own ; 

So (hall he, tailing what might banquet gods, 

Heav'n for. a while forego : to footh each fenfe. 

In fofteft ftrains of harmony, then wooe 

His duU'd ear, deafened by the waters' din \ 

And fay, would it but once iigain attend* 

$uch notes await grim death himfelf might lift ; 

The fweeteft notes of lov'd Earin's voice. 

Lord of the greenwood bower ! bid mufic found. 

jR^^.3ound,foftly found the fweet-ton'd bugle^horn ! 
Unharbour Harmony ! and, like the deer. 
Or doubling hare, hunt her through all her wiles. 

The Woodmen found the horns y and Eariqc J^mh 

^^ Think k not, deareft youth ! atnife, 

«< If maiden coynefs I forfake, 
<< And on thy lips imprint a kifs ; 
^^ But as ^tis meant the boldnefs. take : 
«* 'Tis to reftore 
*« My iEglamour 
"To life and blifs^ 
" That I thus kift 
^* My lovely and beloved fwain ; 
" Then be not coy 
• ** And cold, fwect boy I 

" Nor think amifs 
" That I thee kifs 5 
*^ Bui kifs, oh kindly kifs me, love J again.** 

H 3 Af^iT 



I 



I02 The Sad Sbfpherd. 

Jfter tU fong is ended ^ the iVoodmen continue fiundr 
ing till Earine /peaks. 

Ear. Ceafe, gentle y^ropdmen ! he's about to fpcak— 
The notes of nightingales difcordant were 
Did they preclude His far niore tuneful vpicc. 

jEgl. At length I am arriv'jd, and landed fafe 
Upon the peaceful Jlhoire where fpirits dwell ! 
*Twas a long voyage ; painful, dark, and cold ! 
What have I not endur d, fince firft I plung'd 
To feek my love i'th* fufibcating ft ream ! 
Sure I have known an intermicdiate ftate 
Twixt earth and heav'n ! for oft m^thought I tz^f 
My fweet Earin ! but no fooner ftrpvc 
To prefs her to my wilhing, aching hpart^ 
Thaq fhe was fnatch'd away ! and, loft in (hade?, 
J wander'd up and down I know not where ! 
Ear. Now (he is thine, never to part again ! 

[They emhrace* 
jEgl Ha ! do I fold thee ! then is my blifs com- 
Thc dale of death is fully overpaft, Cp^^?^ ' 

And on tHc topmoft hill of heav*n Fm plac'd ! 
pome round, ye blefs'd inhabitants, and view 
A pair, whofe loves when mortal were as pure 
As yours, whofe heavenly bowers wc enter now! 

Ear. Alas, how wild he talks ! collefl: thee, love I 
This is not heaven, nor thefe- 

jEgl What fay'ft thou, fweet! 
Not hcav*n, thus clafp*d in my Earin's arms ? 
Were I in griefly Pluto's dark domain. 
Embracing thee, apd thus by thee embraced. 
Thy prefence would irradiate tenfold night. 
And make th' infernal realms than heaven more bright! 
See 1 there's a gentle, blife-enjoying pair; 
And there another ! yonder is a third I 
Mark what elyfian joy beams in their eyes! 
They're heaven's inhabitants, and fo are we, 

Pair'a 



7he Sad Shepherd. 103 

Pair'd (there's no blifs without) like turtle doves 5 
Permitted here t* enjoy our earth-chofe loves ! 

Ear. Nay, my fwcet^glamour ! look round again— 
Thefe ^re thy well-known friends^the green-wood train ; 
And this mod venerable, holy man-- — 

JEgl. Airs holy here ! for I nor will, nor can 
Thimc this is aught but paradife, and thee 
The fpirit of my lov'd Earine ! 
She who was drown*d in thirty-armed Trent ; 
Whom to rejoin, her faithful (hepherd went 
Lik^ watry way; and through its oozy bed 
Explored the path to heav'n and her that led ! 

Reub. This wildnefs will fubfide — go, lead him forth 
To other air ; and let his eyes take note 
Qf the accuftom'd objefts all around ; 
Fam'd BeVoircaftle; Robin Hood's gay bower; 
The cots, and farms ; green hills and flow'ry dales» 
Where he fo oft hath grazed his fleecy flocks j 
And when again he*s perfeA in his mind, 
Condud him to the altar near my cell : 
There let him kneel, and thankfully adore 
The power and mercy did his life reftore. 

JEgL What fays the hoary, venerable form ? 
His looks are awful, yet they're wond'rous mild ! 
Sure 'tis fome patriarch's fpirit, which prefides 
In thefe abodes over departed fouls ! 

Ear. He rules all here ; and wills that you retire 
To view the limits round : Til with thee, love ! 
And fliew thee groves, and bowers, and verdant meads; 
Smooth-gliding ftreams, and idly-babbling brooks i 
Such as my iEglamour was wont to haunt. 

^gL Come then, pure partner in elyzium ! come j 
Shew our celeftial, ever- blooming home; 
Where, with thefe happy pairs, we'll fondly rove ; 
Enjoy unfading youth, unfated love ; 
i^nd perfed blifs eternally all prove f 

[^glamour and Earine ^<? oui. 
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104- 7kc Sad ^bepberd. 

Rob. What thanks^ thoi) hqly man ! %tt Aixt to thee ? 
What gifts, ^hat guerdon ? thy right-well-earn'ld fec^ 
For thus reftoring him we all thought dead I 
How ftiaU thy goodncfs be by us repaid ? 

Reub.lHox thanks, nor puerdon, gentle Robin Hoodt 
Were due to me, though I had done this good ; 
Neither (hould pn our fecial duties wait : 
Put fend your grateful thanks to heav'n's high gate ! 
Whence a bright minifter, by you unfeen* 
bcfcended fwitt the youth and death between ; 
Elfe had all mortal means perchance prov'd vain^ 
And iEglamour for aye a corfe had lain! 
But fee ! tbe fprite, invifible before 
To all but me, who dicl to life reftore 
The drowned fliepherd, cpmes with lightfome tripS| 
1 he veil thrown off, his brightnels did eclipfe. 

Puck enters. 
Puck. Hx^alth and true happineft for aye betid« 
Each jolly bridegroom, and his plighted bride ! 
Unto my namefake, Robin of the wood. 
And his fair Marian (not more fair than good) 
Peaceful poffcffion of their feftal bower ! 
In which they ne'er (hall know lefs happy hour 
Than this : and unto holy Reuben's cell. 
Where with Devotion pure the faint doth dwell, 
Vifions of fpirit^ ! far excelling me. 
As doth my eflcnce frail mortality : 
.Unto you all, invifible no more, 
(Nay rife, nor one of my degree adore) 
I come, (who late was wicked Maudlin's hind. 
In the vile beldam's thrall perforce confin'd ; 
Now a free fprite !) the harbinger of blifs ! 
Your ev'ry fear, or doubt, all fafe difmifs 
For the entire recovery of the youth, 
Pure paragon of perfeft love and truth ! 
M-' ^ : • ' - Into 



The Sad Shepherd. 105 

Into the frantic flicpherd's bnin a bdlm 
I have infiis'd, that with remembrafice calm 
Of evVy objeft roand emlues the fwain : 
When, for his near-^loft life refior'd again^ 
His thanks are given at the holy fhrine 1 
With g^atefiil praifes to the powVs divine } 
Hither, with her who doth his ^eps attend, 
!(Earine) his love-light way hell bend : 
Be happy, mortals ! powerful Puck's your friend ! 

Riu^. Thanks, gentle fpirit ! in the naoie of all. 
For that the fwain thou didft to tife recall ! 
And for each other friendly office done. 
Which e'en pur hopes and wilhes have outrun t 

Mar. Here come the pair ! their eyes with rapture 

[bright : 
Now (hall our feaft be crown'd with true delight? 

.^laoOour and Earine re-emer. 

MgU O gentle friends ! how (hall I e'er repay 
The various obligations of this day ? 
To life, to fenfe, Earine reftor'd ! 
.All bli& is centered in that blifsful word, 
Earine ! fure joy was ne'er like mine ! 
The fun with tenfold fplendor feems to (bine. 
The face of nature ne'er was half fo gay. 
As on this more than fcftive, wond'rous day ! 

Ear. Kind Marian ! loving maids ! embrace your 
Earin's forrows now are at an end ! [friend ; 

O holy hermit ! once more on my knee — 

i?/ff^. Rife, maiden! (hephcrd/rifc ! kneel not to me; 
To this bright miniftcr your thanks are due. 

Puck. Not more, good Reuben ! than they are to you. 

£gl. To both, then, we our thankful tribute give. 

Ear. To whom we owe that ^glamour doth live I 

fuck. Here comes my quondam dame, tp deprecate 
Xout angers ; and though I have eaufe of hate 

To 



iq6 The Sad Shepherd. 

To the old crone, for her fell tyranny; 
Yet, from my bondage being now fet frcCj 
And from foul witchcraft ibe at length reclaim*d» 
I all entreat with fcofiing Ihe's not mam^'d ; 
Pity her age, nor let her more be blam'd ! 

Reub. Kind fpirit ! were we not to mercy prone. 
Thy mildnefs mrigbt pervade a heart of ftone. 

Maudlin, Clarion, Douce^ atii Lorel enter, 

Maud. Lo ! on her knees repentant Maudlin bendSj 
To crave yer pardons, and mak what amends 
For bygone wickednefs (he may to a* 
In gudsi or perfon, harm'd ; or kept in chra' i 
As, for my fon, I kept Earine, 
pent i' the hoUow'd prifon of a tree : 
Himfel tu. Lord, doth repent ; and fucs 
To a', his rudenefs ever did abufe. 

Lor. Ey ! Ts offend nae mair, gif ye'll forgi\ 
But henceforth will a gentler fwineherd be ; 
My filler Douce is to be Clarion's wife. 
And wc's 2k change our crooked courfe o' life, 

Dou. Nae langcr proud, as I ha' been a' d^y, 
I 'm fae abafti'd I ha' n't a word to fay ! 

Rob. Is 't even fo, good Clarion ? wilt thou we4 
And take, rich fwain, this poor maid to thy bed ? 
Well fare thy generous heart ! 

Clar. I *m of thy mind ; 
Thou, Robin, to the needy ftill art kind I 
Thofe who are bleft with wealth, Ihould of their ftorc 
Be ftewards, and difpenfers to the poor : 
The maid Tfl wed ; make Lorel o'er my flocks, 
Herds, garners, barns, and other country (locks, 
Surviewer-, for in fuch craft he hath fl^ill: 
Repentant Maudlin, now reclaimed from ill, 
Shall in my cot find Ihelter for her age ; 
\Vb<^re we'll attend her lore, and counfel fage, 

Till 



The Sad Shepherd. 107 

ITiU tinie ftall cal) her to tbie peaceful grave: 
But firft her pardon for pall deeds I crave, 

Alk. Though erft her foe, now Clarion's fuic I jpin ; 
Give all your pafdons free as I give mine, 
Unloofing frqm her neck this annulet ftrong^ 
^^ ! of itfelf it falls ! fure fign among 
I'he righteous fhe's enrolled : and all who groan 
Under th' efFefts of her late charms^^ now flowm 
( As did your cook, goq^ Rpbin) ii) a trice 
Will be as free from pain as (he from vice; 

Reub. Reuben the reconciler I am call'd ! 
Since from the fiend her foul is difenthrall'dy 
And reconciled to heav'n, let me entreat 
Like grace and pardon Ihe on earth may meet: 
I read pach vifage roundy and think I fpy 
A beam of mercy dart from evVy eye ; 
'Tis fo ! none ^'er in forrow went from hence! 
In name of all, fjull pardon I difpenfe ! 
To j^niih crimes, is eafy ; to reclaim. 
Forgive, and cherifh, gains the nobler name! 
Mercy's the darling attribute of heav'n ; 
And as we pardon, ^re our (ins forgiv'n ! 

Uo. All now were blefs'd, would fweeteft Mellifleur 
The heart (he has wounded kindly deign to cure. 

Mel. Freely! for troth I think thy paffion pure ! 

Tuck. Here's work enough, I trow, for Tuck the 

[prieftl 
Your marriages, young folks, would make a feaft. 
Were there no other toward : Til join your hands 
(Your hearts are join'd !) in wedlock's gentle bands ; 
And when you mutual cafte love's pure delights. 
Crown with a fruitful blefTing Hymen's rites ! 

Rob. Now then return we to our green wood^bower^ 
And, holy Reuben, there unbend an hour 
In harmlefs mirth ; fo reverend a gueft 
$h9ll give a fanftion to our rural teaft : 

The 



idS ^bi Sad Shipbifd. 

The I]ghc*foot venifon, hare, and feather 'd game ; 
Each dainty flefh of bird, beaft, mid or tame; 
Wkh choiceft fi(h, 'cafes, fruka, ale, fparkling wine^ 
Upon our plenteous board iball mingled fhtne. 
And would pk^asM Puck but add his fbng and Wfl'j 
Banquets of kings were nought to our graced fesA ! 

Bucl.WvUti thanks, blUhe Robin ! I delight 
To pafs in merriment the night ; 
And the fad-employed day 
Now prepares to flit away : 
Soon bright Hefperus will appear^ 
Harbinger of Dian clear/ 
And her ftarry iky-robed train ; 
Whofe mingled beams fliall o'er the plain 
Silver our footlleps, as we trace 
Again the path, with chearful pace. 
Was hither marked in mouiirfirl moo^, 
Wkb doleful dirge, through the greenwood. 
Now as we jocund bend our way. 
Let's chaunt a merry roundelay ; 
Sound, woodmen ! found your bugles fweet. 
In fprightly notes, while Puck doth mete 
Thereto feme quaint and choral fbng. 
As to the fbftal bower we trip along. 

T!U Wo^fun found thnr bugks ; Pud: Jbtgs, smd 
tbe reft join in chorui. 

5 O N G. 

, ^ TT* H E chac€ is o*er ; but, joy to telf I 
*^ Inifacad of founding a mort-knell^ 
** The hart, went cold to death's drear dell, 
^' Is wkh his deer alive and well ! 

CH0RW3- 



The Sad Shepherd., 109 

CHORUS. 

<^ Sounds bugles, found ! the Ihepherd lad 
** No longer is ydeped " the fad/' 
*^ Sound, bugles, found ! all grief is flown ; 
f^ And Love fits lightly on his throned 

SONG. 

•* Now to the feaft, the greenwood fcaft, 
** With happy heart, each rural gueft ! 
** To which freed Puck ihall add, at leaft, 
^' His fportive pranks, apt fong, and jeft. 

CHORUS. 

** Sound, bugles, found ! each nymph and fwain 
** Join in t^ie chearful, choral drain ; 
** And nimbly trip it through the wood, 
*« To the fam*d fcaft of Robin Hood !'* 



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THE following obfervations are by no means 
offered as coming from A^ pen of a critic^ 
pofiefliog genius^ pen^ratibn, or erudition^ fufficient 
to authorize him to enter the lifts of literature with 
Mr. Whalley ; ^they are pnly the fimplc fu^gcftioos 
of an admirer of JonfoDj and his daflical commentator ; 
who has been fo much delighted with that poet's 
anfinilhed Paftoral, as to attempt the foiegQjng com* 
pletion of it ; and to add fome fupplemental notes on 
the original fragment, as publiflied by Mr. Whalley 
in his excellent edition of Uen Jonfon's worKs. Should 
they affift in the conreAion or elucidation of any 
erroneous or obfcure paflage ; point out refemblacces 
to other authors hitheno unobferved ; or, by coUeding 
the remarks cf various writers, in the fmalleft degree 
tend to a more pleafurable reading of the Foeflpr^ 
the propofed end in their publication will be fully 
aitfwcrcd. 

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PR 6 L O G U E. 

Jonfon, fpcaking tHjcrcin of his Paftoral, fay?, 

'* ■ it being a fleece. 

To snatchy or thofe of Sicily, 'or Greece.? 

Mr. Horne, in a^Letter to John Dunning, Efq. 8vo. 
1778. p. II. 
fays, I agree with its author. 

[The fad Shepherd paflTeth filently over the ftage. 

original note. ^ 

It may not be improper to obferve, that from fome f af- 
fages in the Paftoral it appears, that -ffiglamour wears a 
wreath of cyprefs, as mourning for his loft Earine. 



Mas ! what knows the head 



Of a calm river, whom the feet have drown'd !" 
Imitated from Donne. 
See Dr. Hurd (the prefent Bifliop of Worcefter) on the 
marks of imitation. 4th Ed. 1766. p. 191. 

This elegant writer has not only pointed out, but alft 

very juftly criticifed the imitation. But as (to fpeak in the 

. phrai'e of Antony in Shakfpeare's Julius Csefar^ I come 

to praife pen Jonfon not to cenfure him, I will only in- 

' fert the original which Jonfon copied. 

'' Greateft and faireft Emprefs, know you this ? 
Alas ! no more than Thames' calm head doth know, 
Whofe meads his arms drown, ©r whofe corpr o'erflow*" 

" Wherein if we diftaftc" 

Mr. Whalley corrects the 8vo edition, 1716, in which 
it is printed ^ijlate. It is diftafte in folio, 1640. 

N. B. The folio which Mr. Whalley quotes in his edition 
is dated, in the general title-page to the whole volume, 1640, 
but the pieces contained therein are dated varioufly ; fome 
fo early as 1631, ^nd others 1640 and 1641, which laft 
^ate the Sad Shepherd bears. 

«Wh£r 



StJPPtEMENTA'L NOTES. ifj 

" Wher every piece be perfeft in the kinxj^'* 

In the age of Shakfpeare many contraftions were ufcd. 
Ben Jonfon has wher for whether in the prologue of his Sad 
Shepherd. 

Mr. Steevehs's note in the laft edition of Shakfpeare, 1 778, 

Mid. Night*8 Dream, vol. III. p. 78. 

In folio 1640, the contradlion is wrongly printed ' 

** Where every, &c.*' 

The critic already quoted, in his Difcourfc on Poetical 

Imitation, p. 8i. fays, 

•* The Paftorai poem maybe confidered as a lower fpecies 

of the Drama. But its fubjeA being the humble concerns 

of Shepherds, there feems no room for a tragic Plot ; and 

their charaders are too fimple to a£>rd materials for comic 

drawing." 

' Jonfon was of a different opinion with refpeA to comic 

drawing, for he fays in this prologue 
" ■ no fcene more properly afTumes 

The Sock. For whence cznfpert in kind arifo 
But from the rural routs and families f 
Safe on this ground then, we not fear to-day, 
To tempt your laughter by our ruftic play.*' 

Notwithftanding this, Mr. Whalley (which I confers I 
wonder at) in his Life of Jonfon, p. 52. calls the Sad 
Shepherd a Paftorai Tragedy* This I readily admit j how* 
ever happily Jonfpn might have wound up his Paftorai, it 
could not, to have been of a piece with what he has left ua 
of it, have been over mirthful. 

In the Difcourfe on Poetical Imitation, the writer con- 
tinues, " Their fcene is indeed inchanting to the imagi- 
nation ;^' and in his notes on the Art of Poetry, p. 2O9. he 
thus compliments Jonfon. 

** Ben, though he found no precedent for it among his 
anticnts, was caught with the beauty of this novel drama, 
(Paftorai) and it muft be owned, has written above himfeU 
in the fragment of his Sad Shepherd/* 



I % Tht 



n6 SUPPHTMENTAL NOTES. 

The Pcrfons of the Play. 
Among Hobin HoodS Woodmen we find, 

Slock. } TwolBrothe«,«untfmen. 

Drayton, in his Polyoibion, inentiooii neither of chcm; 
but, inftead, he calls one of Rehio's menScarlock. Tuck he 
calls the merry Friar ^ and Marian he fometimes paUs Ma- 
riana. 

See Song a6. p. 1 1 74. 8w. edit. 1753. 

In the (econ4 volume q{ Mr. Warton^s invaluable Hiftory 
<rf Engli(h Poetry, p. 358, Note, Mr. W, fiiyft, 

^^ Skelton^ however, feems to have retained his popu* 
larity till late. For the firft part pf T. Heywood^t tSBrofold 
jylay on the earl of Huntingdon, entitled, *' Robert earl of 
^< Humingdon'9 d(^nfall« afterwards osilled Rokin Hood 
*' of Merry Sherwoode, with his love to cbafte Matil^ 
*^ the lord Fiti water '6 daughter, afterwards hf« fair maid 
^' Marian/' aded by lord Nottingham's players, apd printed 
in quarto, at London, in 160I9 is introduced hy Jghh 
Skelton, p0et laureat to king Henry the eighih. Tlie fccond 
part,, printed with the former, is introduced by Frtar 
Tuck, with whom I am lefs accjuainted." And 10 Emen- 
dations and Additio&a^ Vol. II. Mr. Wartoa faya^ Add to 
the laft Note (p. 358. )» ** Friar Tuck is, however, men- 
tioned in Skelton*s play of Magnificence, f. 5. b. 
Another bade (have halfe my bcrde. 
And boyes to the pylcry gan me plucke, 
. And wolde have made me Freer Tucke 
To preche oute of the pylery hole. 

In the gloffary to Gawin Douglas's Virgil, folio, Edin- 
burgh, 1 7 10, Karoling and karelling are {aid to mean 
fmging, mirth^ dancing ; and in Johnfon*s Diftionary, 
Lorel is faid, on the authority of Spenfer, to mean an 
abandoned icoundrel. The charaA^rs of Karolin and Lorell 
agree very well with thcfe etymologies, 

Sec the derivation of Earinc's name, p. in. Whalley's 
edition. 

The witches Dimble is mentioned in the fcencry de- 
fcribed by Jonfon, as proper to his Paftoral, The word 
Dimble occurs alfo in p. 140, Whalley's edit, 

Mr, 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. nj 

Mr. Whalfe^ fiippofes it to be a miftakc for Dmgte, 
whjch to has admitted into the text inftcad. Jonfon's 
word majr be retained oa the authority of Dray too, whd 
uiis it ii» the 26th fong of his Polyolbion, .p. 1169^ 8vq. 
edit. ry53^ # 

** And in a Dimble near, an ivy-cielcd bower/' 

Pqck^ in fai$ Notes on Milton, p. 140, fays, I know of 
no fuch fuDbfiantive as a t)ingle in; onr language. 

Scae alto a nqte on Dingle andi Dimbk in Newton's Milton, 
Comus, V. 312* and Bomt in Mr. B»y ant's Obbrvatians 
upon the Poems of Thomas Rowley, p. 58. &q« 

SAt SHEPHERD. ACT I. 
?• 103. " tn threaves to froliclc with him." 
Threavcs, i. e. flocks, droves, or companies* 
- P. 104. " To cut the tabJc oi?t o' the green fwerd." 

In Folio X640, it is gtcenp fujord, which, according tp 
Spcnfer's mode of riming (if I miy fo cxprefs myfclf ) to 
the eye as well as the ear, is better; this being the follow- 
ing line. 

<* Or any pther fervice for my lord.** 
The above is copied from Drayton. 
*^ And at our Shepherd's board that's cut out of the ground.'* 
6th Nymphal, p. 1496, 8vo. tdiu 1753. 
Milton. feems to have had one or both of thelie paflages in 
his mind when he wrote 

" — ; Rais'd of graffy turf 

Their tabic was, and moffy feats had round." 

Par. Loft. B.V. 391, 
P^ i05» To meet out the day.] 
The tetters here muft ch^gepjaces ; the true word is mete, 

Mr. Whalley's note.. 
It is mcete (the old fpelUng for mete) in folio 164b. The 
above corruption is in the 8vo edition, I7i6» 

p. 106. " or this dark fcade 

About my brows." 
meaning the wreath of cyprefs he has on. 

See a former note on the Prologue* 
Ibid.*^ ** •— — o'erturn their wears." 

wiers, or weirs, k e. heads or fluces of water. 

See Mr. Whalley's note. 
.P. I07* ** The courteous Lionel, and fair Amie : all" 

I -I And 



ii 



ii8 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

Jnd fair Amic. The folio 164O leaves out and. 

X Mr. Whallcy's note. 

Is it accurate 19 fay that the folio haves out what had never 
then been inferted ? and it may be added, never flibuld have 
l)een inferted i as it hurts the meafure, without helping the 
fcnfe. 

The folio 1640, has (I think properly) a fcmicolon, not 
« colon, as in Mr. Whalley's edition, after Am ie. 

Ibid. " Such were the riteg the youthful June alkw^ 

I think if Robin Hood had faid 

** Such are the ritps, &c." 
it would have been better; as it would have agreed with 
the verb allowy which is in the prefcnt time, and alfo have 
given more force to Clarion's reply. 

** They xvere^ &c« but now^ &c.'* 
There is an inaccuracy too'; I think, in allow \ which being 
governed by June, in the Angular, fhould have been allows 
it in the prefent time, or allowed in the paft ; but allow 
riming to hough in the preceding line caufed, I fuppofc, this 
wilful breach of grammar. '* And this is a ufual liberty 
whifch the old poets took of Hiking a little falfe grammar 
rather than rilk a falfe rime/* Upton's Letter to Weft, 
p. 26. 

P. io8. " dlfckim in all fuch fport/' 
Mr. Wha'lcy has given a note on this, and a fimilar paifage 
in the Fox, Vol. II. p. 354. '' 

See Grey's Hudibra$, 8vo. Vol. L p. 29. Note on v. ^27. 
and 228. concerning the precifenefs of the Puritans. 

See alfo the Puritan's Catechifra in the Appendix. 

P. 109. *' I and with a lafs." 

7, in this line, nicans vf;'— it was the old mode of print- 
ing it, but fliould now be intirely difufed ; ^s it may fqme* 
times be miftakcn for the pronoun, I. 

read — Ay, and with a lafs. 

Ibid. ** — — : ^dfown'd 

Deeper in woe, &c.'* 
Mr. Whalley finding the lines .wherein thii paffage occurs 
improperly divided in the 8vo edition,. 1716, has regulated 
them as they ftand in folio 1640. 

P. III. For *' profer'd," read profFer'd, 

P. 114. Kar. " The turtles pf the wood." 

. ' ' '" ' ^^ •' It 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

It cannot be Karolin who fpeaks this, bccauft he has 
juft before followed ^Eglamour out, and has not returned f 
it may therefore be given to Lionel. ' 

P. 115, *' You arc a wanton. 
Onty I do confcfs, 

I wanted till you came." , 

I am afraid a pun was intended here between wanton and 
want one. 

In Cra(haw*s Steps to the Temple, Edition 1670, p. ^6. 
there is an almoft fimilar play on the word wanton. 
' ** Whofe fweet temper teaches me 
' Nor wanton nor in want to be.'* 
And in the Two Gentlemen of Verona is thefoUowing paiTage. 
Speed. ** Sir, your glove. 
VaU Not mincj my gloves arc on. 

iSpeed. Why theii this may be yours; for this is 

but one.^* 
Laft edit, of Shakfpeare. Vo'. I. p. 141. 
It appears from this paflage, that the^word one was zrx* 
cicntly pronounced as if written on. 

Mr. Malone's note in ift Vol. of his Supplement to the 
laft edition of Shakfpeare, p» 87. 

The following extraSs from Hawkinses Origin of the 
Englifh Drama, publifhed 17739 are additional proofs* 
** You knowe in court up trained is 
a lyon very yuhg, 
Of on litter two whelps befide, 

as yet not very flrong ; 
I <tid requeft one whelp to fee" 
' Prcfton*s Lamentable Tragedy of KingCambyfcs, V. T. 
p. 307. Here the fame word is fpelt both according to the 
ancient and the modern pronunciation. 
*< On *urd, Widow/' 
On 'urd, i. e. on^ word.' In the uncertain orthography 
of our language one was frequently fpelt and pronounced 
by our anceftors on. 

Mr. Hawkins's note. 
t)ekker*s Untniffingof thcHutnouronsPoet, V. ill. p. 1 35. 
It muft be obfcrved however, that tkisiafl inftance occurs 
in the charadcr of Sir Rees ap Vaughail^ who fpeaks a Welfh 
Plale^ \ which Mr. Hawkins has nof taken notice of. 

M The 



no SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES, 

The firft Une of Spefi(er*8 RuiAet of Time^ ^o, 1591 
prsfents lis another example. 

*^ It chaunced me on day, &c/' for am day. 

P. 116. " Aluttyftagf 

Marian is not ij/klng bat telling what ibrt of venifon bad 
been killed ; a note of exclamation, or exultatioUj would 
therefore be more proper here-^thug 
A lufty flag ! 

Ibid. « Forked ! a hart of ten." 

jf hart 0/ tin is an expreffion taken from tbe Laws of the 
Foreft, and relates to the age of the deer* When a hart ii 
paft fix years of age, he is generally called a hart rf ten. 

Foreft Laws, 4to« 1598. 

Mr. Steevens*s note in laft edit, of Shakfpeare, Vol. til. 

P-4S7\ 

The firft {hoots of a deer's horns are called Daggers; 

the next year the main part of the horns are called Beams, 

and the moots from them> Xincs* Sta^ caft their heads, 

I. c. horns, yearly ; in March, April, Alay^ or June ; and 

they ar^ never faid to be in feafon, or fit to be hunted till 

they have caft their bead. 

See Markham's Country Contentments, 4to# 1656* 
Book L Chap. 4. 

Ilwd. " // What was that, fweet Marian?" 

//in this line, (hould be printed sly! for the reafon 
already given. 

Read. " Ay ! what was that, fweet Marian V . 

p^ 117, " -^ as foon 

As the ^fiay is taken.'' 
. Thif Ceremony is d^fcribed in The Gentleman's Recre? 
fttion, 8vo, 1706. p. 75 and 76. 

Ibid. " I, au'hafuldle«i|ie?'V 
i« e. Ay, who mould prevent^ or binder mpl 
r P. Ii9« *.* -*--— thiss is not Marian I 
1 Ntjr aii> I Robin Hood r 

«« . ■ ■ this is not Lear : 

/ This {>airag]e apprara to li^ivr been unimted }pj Ben 

^ JonfoR in his Said Sbefdiord. 

i Mr. SteevensVnofte In klft edit% of Sbakfpearn 

VoUIX* p. 3964 
5/; i > / i Ibid. 



8UPPJ.EMENTAL NOTES. w 

Ibid* ^' Fall to your cbeefe-cakes, curds, and clawtcd 
>r cream. 

Your /W, yoHt flaunes; and of ale a ftrcam." 

The folio, ^640, as Mr. Whalley obferves, gives us/aols 
in the plural number, I wonder ne did not reftofe the 
original reading ; fince evejy other thing mentioned in tha 
couplet, that would admit of it, is in the plural. 

There is a fimilar paffagc in Diavton's 6th Nymphal, 

1496. Svoedit. 1753. 

*^ With green chccfe, clouted cream, with flaujjes mi 
cpftards/* 

ACT IL 

P, I22f Mau* ^ Have I not left them, &c** 

The charaflcr of Maudlin is written in- what Mr, 
Whalley calls (Tale of a Tub, p. 40.) the Lowland Scot- 
tiih ; which diale£t I imagine Jonfop picked up in his 
journey to Scotland on foot. See his Life in Whallcy's 
edit. p. 46f 

Se? alfo fome fcurrilous lines on his journey in Ch^t-^ 
wood's Memoirs of the Life and Writings of iJcn Jonfon, 
Efq. Dublin, 1756, p. 59» beginning thus : 

•* Our laurel-crown'd Bard to Scotland has trateU'd, 

And back too on foot." 

It is however, remarkable that the firft ten lines of 
Maudlin's fpeech above-mentioned is written in pure 
Ef>g\iih^ though all that follows of her charaSer is in the 
f * Lowland Seottifli." 

Ibid, <' Did you fo diftafte him ?" 

This was printed i£^<7/^ in folio 1640, and in the Svo 
edit. 1716. 

Mr. Whalley has correAed it as above. 

A fimilar error in the Prologue 1 have obferved was in 
|hc Svo. 1716, only, 

Ibid. Douce. ^< But were you like her, mother ?" 

Ip folio, i64Q> it is 

But were yie, &c. 
Which, as Maudlin, Dottcc, and Lprel^ fpcak the iamt 
diale£tj I think is bctUr, 



122 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

Ibid. ** I ha' but dight ye yet, i' the out-dreft. 
And 'parcl of Earinc! but this raiment, 
&c. 
Earinc muft be pronounced here as thr^e fyllablcs only, 
perhaps it would have been as well to have printed it Earin\ 
P» 1 23. ** Shall fhow too Jlippery to be look'd upon ?" 
Slippery, 1. e, bright, fhining. 

I think Spenfer ufcs flippery in ^his fenfe, but I ciinnot 
yccpUeft where, 

In Craftiaw's Poems, already quoted, I find the follow- 
ing examples of its being fo ui'ed. 
. <* Welcome (though not to thofc gay Flies, 
Gilded i' th' hearts of earthly Kings ; 
Slippery Souls in fmiling Eyes,) 
But to poor Shepherds, fimple things. 
That ufe no Varntjh^ no oyPd Arts, 
But lift clean Hands full of cleer Hearts," p. 32V 
^ To dance in the fun-lhine of fome fmiling, 
But beguiling 
Sphear of fvvcet and fugered Lies ; 
Some ^//>^^ry pair 
Of, falfc perhaps as fair, 
Flattering but forfwearing Eyes^^ ?• S7« 

Ibid. *» .Gif fhe can be reclaim'd/* 
See obrervatioris on the word Gif, as ufed in this paf- 
fage, in Horfie's letter to Dunning. 

P. II, 12. 28. fcq, 
' See alfo in King James's Daemonologie, Folio 1 6 1 6. p. 95. 
•* giving you that Saul was in another chalmer, i. e. chamber. 
in which paflage giving plainly means granting, admitting, 
or allowing; and confirms Mr. Home's explication and 
etymology of the word Gif. 

Ibid. *^ Hc-s command now to, woo." 
command, i. e. coming. 

H^y^ «< and becomes bis ray!^ 

In addition to MK Whalley's note on this paflage, it may 
be remarked that Spenfer, in his Shepherd^s Calendar 
(April), ufes the word tay, 
•* Now rife 1^ Eliza, decked as thou art, 

in royal ray: 
And now ye daintie damfels may depart 
^achonc his way.'* 

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SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 123 

Here it means drefs or ornament. 

He alfo ufes it in the Fairy Queen, B. 5, C, 11. 8, 34. 

** And aU the damzels of th^c towne in ray 

Came dauncing forth/* 
Here Dr, Upton fays it means in order and rank» 
Ray-Gownes, and Clothes of Ray, meaning party-co- 
loured garments, occur in Stow's Survay of London, 4To, 
i6i8, p. 962. See alfo, " ray rayed flioes," and notes there-* 
en. Hamlet, p. 303. Vol. X. laft edit, of Shakfpearc. 
Ibid. Lor. *' Ye kind to others, but ye coy to me, 

Deft miftrefs ! whiter than the cheefe newpreft ! &c.'* 
The courtlhip of Polyphemus to Galatea, in Theocritus 
and Ovid, from which, as Mr. Whalley has fliewn, this 
of Lorel to Earine is copied, had been previouily imitated 
by Drayton in the courtfbip of Gogmagog to Grant. 
*< — r-^rr- Swcctipg mine, if thou mine own >wilt be. 
I've many a pretty gaud, I >:eep in ftore f:)r thee ; 
A neft of broad-fac'd owls, and goo<Jly urchins too; 
Nay, nymph, take heed of me, when I begin to wooe : 
And better yet than this, a buichin two years old, 
A curlM-pate calf it is, and oft could have been Ibid : 
And yet befide all this, Pv^ goodly bear- whelps twa. 
Full dainty for my joy,^when fhe's difpos'd to play ; 
And twenty fowes of lead, to make our w^-dding ring} 
Befides, at Sturbridge Fair, I'll buy thee many a thing 
I'll fmouch thee every morn, before the fun can rife. 
And look my manly face in thy fweet glaring eyes. 
Thus faid, he fmug'd his beard, and ftroked up his hair. 
As one that for her love he thought had offered fair." 
Polyolbion. Song XXI. p. 1050, 8 vo. edit. 1753. 

P. 124. " And though my na'fe be r/7w»fV." 

Chaufer ufts this word twice in the Reves Tale. 

M Round was his face, and caniufe was his no^e.** 

^' With camufe nofe, and eyen grey as glas.*' 

Tyrwhitt's edition. Vol. I. p. 153 and 155. 

In Mr. Tyrwhitt*s Gloifary to his edition of Chaucer, 
€4imu/e is faid to be French, and to meany?^/; 

In the GloflTary to Speght's Chaucer, folio 1602, camyjid 
it explained Jlat-ncfed: and in Boyer's Di^^iohaire Royal, 
famus^ camufe, o^ camard, are interpreted the fame, ''X^ 

9ut ^ 



% 



124 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

But SJceltOHi though be may intend to convey the idea 
of flatneisy gi;ve& the camusM nofche defaribes an additional 
vgHneft. 

•• Her nofe fome dele hohd^ 
And camouflye croked." 
Edition l^y>•i p. i24. 
In the Cyclopaedia, 1778, we find the word and this ac« 
count of it. 

*< Camusi probably derived from M/knAtf, / bindy a per* 
fob with a low, flat nofe, hollowed or funk in the middle. 
The Tartars art great admicers of camus beauties. Ru^ 
bruquis obferves, that the wife of the great Genghis Khan, 
a celebrated beauty, had only two holes for a nof^^** 

Beauty is an arbitrary, a capricious, and a local attri* 
bute ; for what is admired by one, ifaall often be difnx^ 
garded or contemned by another and what is efteemcd 
perfedion in Afia, iaEuropd b thought a difgufting de-^ 
formity f 

The flatncfs of Lorell's nofe, Mn Whalley obferves, is 
wholly from Theocritus, wha was very right ins giving his 
hideous lover that fort of feature, becaufe it was diiliked, 
and thought a token of luftfulnefs by the Greeks. The phy- 
£ognomift pronounced the temperate? and virtuous Socrates 
% libidinous drunkard, perhaps on account of his camufe 
nofe ; and Jonfon, no doubt, conferred one on Lorcll, n^t 
merely becaufe it was a feature afcribed to Polypbciuus, 
but as it was thought firongly t«r indicate a brutal and luQful 
difpofition. 

Ibid. " And bring me wax and honey in biVtve^*^ 
In the folio, 1640, it is hflive\ without meaning, I 
imagine, that it fliould be read by live^ as two wovds ; 
which the 8vo edit. 1716, feems to imply; and which 
Mr. Whalley correfis into beUve. The word is thus va- 
rioufly written ; byl;ve, bilive,. believe, bclive, belife, belyfFc, 
belyve, blive, and blyve ; is a contraction of by U Evty 
by the Evening; and ufed not only to fignify prefently, 
.immediately, &c» but alfo to exprefs quicknefs, rea4i* 
|i«fs, and gladnefs, in doing any things 
See Gloffary to Spcght's Chaucer, \tQ%. 
Tyrwhiti's Gloffary to Chaucer, 
.Gioffary to Reliqucs of Antiehi Engli(h Poetry. 
Johnfon's Diftionary, 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 115 

Ray's Gollcftion of Erglifti Words not generally ijfcd, 
1691. p» ?• 
Clavis to the Praifc of Yorklhire Ale, 1697, 
Douglas's Virgil, Edinburgh, 17 10. 
Ancient Scottifli Poems, Edinburgh, 1770. 
Pinkerton's Scottifti Tragic Ballads, i78i. 
Annual Regifter for 1777. Antiquities, p. 146^ 
And Upton's Letter to Weft, p, 37. 
Who thus concludes his enquiries into the etymok^ of 
the word. ** But what if we bring it from blithe F'fot 
what we do blithly^ with alacrity and chearfulnefs, we do 
forthwith and without delay : hence it fignifies, fimply, 
immediately^ forthwith.** 

Bydene is alfo ufed in a fimilar fenfe $ and is, no doubt, a 
corruptioHD of By tbf evetim 

P. 125. ^' An aged oak, the king of ail the field, 

That mickle maft unto the ferm doth yield. 
A cbefnut, whilk hath larded mony a Twine.** 
This is ei^idenUy copied from Spenfer^s Shepberd^s Ca- 
lendar. (February). 
** There grew am ancient Tree on the grecne, 
A goodly Oake fometiine had it beene, 
Whilome had been the king of the field. 
And mochfiil maft to the hufband did yield. 
And with his nuts larded many fwine/' 
Ibid. [He draws out other prefents. 

original note. 
Quere. What prefents has he already drawn out ? 
He has hitherto boafled of his fiore, but has produced 
nothing. 

Ibid. ** '■^' the young grice of a gray." 

Mr. Whalley obferves that a grice is properly a Aicking 

pig* 

Which (as Mr. Fawkes fays of Polyphemus's bears% ii| 

the notes to his excellent tranflation of Theocritus, p. io8.) 
would be ** highly in character," and ^ a well adapted 
prefent" from a fwine-herd to hi« miftrefs. 

When I mentioned Drayton's Imitation of Theocritus 

and Ovid, as previous to Jonfon's, I Ihould alfo have 

Quoted The WitchV Son's behaviour in Spenfer's Fairy 

Qyceo, B. IIL C vii. S. 16 and 17. which appeared io 

nearly as the year i COO. 

^ ** Clofely^ 



126 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE^. 

•' Clofcly the wicked flame his bowels brent,' 
And fhortly grew into outrageous fire | 
Yet had he not the hart, nor hardiment. 
As unto her to utter his defire ; 
His caytive thought d'urft not fo high afpire : 
But with foft (ighes, and lovely iemblauoces, 
Hfc ween'd that his affcftion entire 
She (hould aread ; many refemblaunces 
To her he made, and many kind remembraunces.'* 

•' Oft from the foreft wildings he did bring, 
Whofe fides empurpled were with fmyling red, 
And oft young birds, which he had taught to fing 
His maiftrefTe praifes, fwcetly caroled; 
Girlonds of flowres fomctimes for her fairc bed 
He fine would dight ; fometimes the fquirrel wild 
He brought to her in bands, as conquered 
To be her thrall, his fellow fervant vild : 
AH which fhe of him took with countenance 

meek and mild.** 
I muft alfo obfervc that there is fomething of Shak- 
fpearc's limilar (though not in the way of courtmip) to the 
behaviour of Polyphemus, the Witch's Son in Spenfer, 
Drayton's Gogmagog, and Jonfon*s Lorel, in the offers of 
Caliban (the Witch's Son in The Tcmpcft) to Stcphano, 
whom he fappofes a God. 

•' ni (hew thee every fertile inch o* the ifle. 
And I will kifs thy foot." 

I'll fhew thee the beft fprings ; Pll pluck thee berries ; 
ril fifh for thee, and get thee wood enough,'* 
** I pr'y thee, let me bring thee where crabs grow ; 
And Iwith my long nails will dig thee pig-nuts; 
Shew thee a jay's ncft, and inflruft thee how 
To fnare the nimble marmozet ; I'll bring thee 
To cluft'iing filberds, and fomctimes I'll get thee 
Young fcamels from the rock," 

Vol. L p. 62. lafl edit, of €hakfpeare, 
Scamels. This word, as Dr. Johnfon fays, has puZfy 
zlcd^the commentators. 

It being an unufual, if not a corrupt word, I could n6t 
help remarking that in the Pcnnfylvanian Journal, Bofion, 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 127 

July 15, i/Sa* a ihip is named Th Scammel, captain 
Stoddard. See The Britifti Gazette, and Sunday Monitot, 
Sept. 29, 1782,, 

There is another word ufed by Shakfpeare, which yet re- 
mains unexplained. 

In the comedy of Twelfth Night, Malvolio fays, *' the 
Lady of the Strachy married the Yeoman of the Wardrobe.** 
Vol. IV, p. 212. Jaftedit. of Shakfpeare. 

I take the liberty to obferve, that there is at prefcnt a 
diftinguiftied Member of the Houfe of Commons, and a 
worthy Archdeacon, whofe names are Strachey; how far it 
may be in the power of thefe gentlemen, and Captain Stod- 
dard, to etyniologize and explain thp two difputed words 
is impoffible for me to fay ; I have only made free with 
their names on this occaiion, as the memorandum mar 
fcrve for a clue to thofe who wifh to be informed ; an(^ 
by an acquaintance with the perfons mentioned, have an 
opportunity of enquiring. 

That the word Strachey was well known as a furname, if 
not with a determinate meaning, in Shakfpcarc's.time, wc 
arc affured. In the fecond part of the Catalogue of the 
late Hon. T. Beauclerk's library, fold by Mr. Paterfoa^ 
1781, article 822, is " Strachey's (Will.) Laws Divine, 
Moral, &c. for Virginia, 410. 16 12.** 

P. 126. Ear. " O the fknd and thee ! , . 

Gar take them hence : they fewmand all the claithcs.^' 

I have remarked that the firft ten lines of Maudlih^f 
charafter are written in pure Englift), though Ihe con- 
ftantly after fptaks the ** Lowland Scottifh." 

'The charadler of Earine begins partly with that un- 
couth dialect ; but had Jonfon written more of her fhare of 
the dialogue, he would, I think, in like manner, have altered 
it; and have appropriated pure Englifli to her inftead: 
for why fhould Earine only of all •^ The Guefts invited" 
life a different phrafeology f cm the reft? if there 1^ truth 
in the vulgar adage, that ** Like loves like/* we may infer 
that the manners and fentiments of the beautif'ii, the be- 
loved, and the lamented Harine, rouft have correfpond^d 
with thofe of the tender, the elegant, and I might almoft 
a<fd the fublimeiEg' amour; tak'ng this for granted, a 
paffage in the 37th Number of the Rambler, though it 



128 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTEl 

may not afcertain how Jonfon would, will certainly de* 
terminc how he ought to har^ proceeded in regard to the 
phrafeology of Earine. 

«< Writers may as Well refine the fpeech as the fenti- 
ments of tlieir perfonages ; and none of the inconfiftencies 
which they endeavour to avoid is greater than that of joint- 
ing Hfgance of thought with coarfenefs of diflion/* 

This excellent writer's thoughts and difiion are equally 
elegant. ^ • ^ 

1 cannot help thinking likewife (admitting the dialed to 
fcmain) that there are fome errors in this fpeech, 
« O the fiend and thee ! 

Gar take thpm hence ;•* n 

I think it fhould be 

O the fiend en thee ! 

Gae^ (u t. Go,) take them hence t 

She has faid juft before, <• Out on them 1" 

And in ftri£l conformity with the diale£t it ihould be 
tak them hence. 

« 7 lock me up" Ihould, for the reafon already giveOf 
be printed Ay^ lock me up« 

P. 1 27, '* Which maids will twin at, through theif 
fingers, thus !'* 

Twin is a Very uncommon word ; I have met with it 
only in this Paftoral, in Chaucer, in Shakfpeare^s 28th 
Sonnet, and in Steele*s Comedy of the Confcious Lovers, 

In Mr. Tyrwhitt's Gloflary to Chaucer, it is faid that 
Twireib feems to be the tranflation of Sufurrat ; fpoken of 
a bird. Susurro, the dictionaries fay, is to whi/per, to 
/peak foftlyy or to niuiitri SusuRRUS a whi/pering^ a wh'tft' 
ling of the wind, the murmuring of a fir tarn \ it foft fiill 
Hotfe^ as of bees^ trees ^ &c. 

Twircth occurs in Boecius. Speght's Chaucer, i6oa« 
fol. 208. 

Speaking of a bird that has been carefully kept, attended^ 
and fed in a cage; having regained her liberty, it is ftid, 

She ^' feeketh on morning only the wood, and twireib 
defiring the woode with her fwete voife.** 

In the Qloflary to which^ twieretb is faid. to mi^w. 
ftngeth. 

Now 



SUPPLEMENTAL NbTfeS. 129 

Now I do not apprehend that cither to whifper, mutter, 
murmur, iing, or whiftle, ^ill fuit with the j6ontext here. 

•* Which maids will twire ut 'U/ueen their fingers^ thus !" 

I think it muft mean to leer, to look afkance, to peep 
through a crevice (*' 'tween their fingers'*) or other me- 
dium; in (hort, to look at any perfon or thing as if fear- 
ful to be obftrved ; and as ladies perhaps fometimes do be- 
tween the ftick« of their fans. What meaning the word 
was intended to convey in Steele's Comedy, where it is 
coupled in a fentence with lolly (*« If I was rich, I could 
twire and loll with the beft of them**) need not now be 
enquired into, unlefs it would help us to a better expla- 
nation than is already o6Fered ; efpecially as Mr. Malone 
and Mr, Steevens have both obliged the worlJ with a note 
upon the word Twire, in the former gentleman's valuable 
Supplement to Mr, Steevens's excellent edition of Shak- 
ipeare. See Sonnet XXVIII. p. 6o4, 

Yet, though I have nothing further to fay in explanation 
of the word Twire^ when I reconfider Shakfpeare's Sonnet, 
and the other paflfages wherein it occurs^ I cannot deny 
myfelf the quoting a parenthefis in Crafliaw's Love's Ho- 
rofcope, p. 105. that feems to bear fome relation to the 
word ia one or other of the meanings it has been fuppofed 
to qonvey. 

«* (Though the Heavens in Council fate. 
To crpwn an uncontfouled Fate, 
Though their beft J/pe^s twined upon 
The kindcft Conjiellatioriy 
Caft amorous glances on his feirth, 
And whi/per*d the confederate Earth 
To pave his Paths with iall the good 
That warms the Bed of Youth and Blood,)'' 

Obferve that the word in this extraftis Twind, noiTwiredi 
which fuits beft with the context the reader will determine. 

Since the above was fent to the preft, I have been in- 
formed that the late Mr. Garrick faid (and prqbably he had 
it from CoUey Cibber, to wham it might have been fo ex- 
plaiA^d by Steele) he underftood the word twire^ as ufed 
in the Confcious Lovers, meant to ftmper. 

K Ibid. 



t30 SUPPLEMENTAL NbTES. 

Ibid. *• ■■ " ■ ■ ■ fhcw your fell 

Tu ail the (hcphcrds bauldly.*' 
Tu ift here ufcd for To or Unto^ 
In the preceding po^e it is-ufed tot too. 
•* A /« lucky end 

She wiflienM thee.'' ^^ ' 

I think it ihould not be ufed for both too and h or untoi 
tul is, I believe, the Scotti(h word for to : we (hould thcrc^ 
fore read% 

« ......^ Shew your (or rather jr^) fell 

Tul a* the Shepherds bauldly/' 
A few linei lower the folio^ 1640^ reads 
«€ . i ,. . yee may meet roee 

In mony (bapes tu day.*' 
Inftead of which Mr. Whallcy properly reads, 

)n mony Ibapes /^-day. 
Ibid. ** A gypfan lady, and a right beldame, 

wrought it by moonftiine, &c." 
Compare this with Othello's account of the handker^ 
chief; which, |» Mr. Stecvens obferves, Jonfon perhaps 
imitated here« Sec the laft edit, of Shakfpeare, VoU X. 

P-i5S- , , ■ . ^ 

. P. 128. '' See ye uke tent to this.** 

In the 8vo edition, 1716, it was. 

See that "^t^ &c. 

Mr. Whallcy has rcftored the reading of folio, 1640, by 

throwing out the fuperfluous particle /J^/. 

P, 130. " Or hath your /«V/«'^ ram.** 

** Or rfliV with fomc rude bramblfc.'* 

In folio, 1640, it is, ^^ feightlng ram,^ 

and •* Or raz^d with, &c. 

P. jjN «* /, my lover 

/, to mother Maudlin,'* 

P. i'32. *« /, gud faith. Madam," 

** /, lay you fo ?'* 

In all thcfe pafliges for / read Jy. 

P. 734. « Go bear 'tm in to Much 

Th* acatef.'* 

5?ce Mr. Whalley's note on the word Atattr^ vol. IV* 

P«»2fe. ^ 

Ibid. 



SU^PLEMENtAL NOTES. 131 

Ibid. ** I have depsirtit it 'mong my poipr nrighbours** 
To part and to depart were formerly iy non} IIR>11S* 

Stcevens's laft cd. of Shakfpearc, Vol, V. p; 47^ 
P. 13$. " /fs ftivith good do 't them" 
I am inclined to think this (hould be 

And much good &c. 
Jbid. •< Withouten hiin'' 

Mr. Wballey has a note on this word^ add likewife on tlirC 
word /i», Vol. iV, p. 226. 
P- 136. '' /, fo!" 
Read* /fy^ (61 
?• 137. " His lip is foftcr, fweetcr thstn the fbfe ; 

His mouth and tongue with dropping honey 
flows." 
. Shall we fuppofc old Ben condefcended to imitate th6boy, 
Cowlty ; who, in his Paftoral called Love's Riddle, written 
whei> he was at W.cftminftcr School, has thefe lines, 

** *— — • his kifs was honey too, 

His lips as red and fweet as early cherries| 
Softer than Severs flttns." 



Seepage {^9- Folio edit. ,681. 



.79. 8vo edit. 1682. 

Or, afi j6nfon died anno 1637, and Love's |U<?d'c> 
fhdygh Written before his deatlv, was not publiOied till 1638, 
{ball we conclude that they both fetched their honey from 
d^e fame hive ? 

In the Song of Solomon we find the honey and the honey-* 
comb. 

«* Thy lips, O my fpoufe, drop as the honeycomb : honey 
and milk are under thy tongue." 

** I have eaten my honeycomb with my honey." 
There is another imitation of thefe delicious expreflSon^ 
previous to Jonfoil's, in FuimusTroiSi 7htTrui Trojam : 
which was printed at leaft fo early as 1633. 
** Ancient bards have fung. 
With lips dropping honey. 
And ^ fugar'd tongue." 
See Selea CoUeaion of Oid Plays, 1786. Vol. VIU 
page 476: 
P. 139. " — ' ■ a witch 

Is fare a creature of melancholy, 

K % Atii 



{ 



132 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

And will be found or fitting in her fourm^ 
Or clfe, at relief, like a hare," 
See Dr. Jobnfon's and Mr. Steevens's notes on the melan-* 
choly of a hare. 

Laft edit, of Shakfpearc. VoU V. p. 266. 
P. 640. Scat. ^* Who fcorns at eld, peels off his own 

young hairs.** 
The civility of this fpeech to Aiken, does not tally with 
the rudenefs of a former one of Scathlock*s to the Old 
Shepherd. 
" I, (read Av,) qu'ha fuM let me ? 
I fuld be afraid o^you, Sir, fuld I !" Page 117. 

Befides the idea of peeling ofF his own young hairs, would 
hardly have occurred to ^A/Scathlock, as Marian calls him 
in the fi'rft aft; the fimilarity of Scat, (the abbreviation for 
Scathlock) and Scar, (the like for Scarlet), might occafion 
this oblervation ** Who fcorns, &c." of, perhaps. Scar- 
let's, to be given by the Printer to Scathlock : and vice verfa, 
the following reply to Aiken's queftioo. 

** know ye the witch's dell ? 

Scar. ** No more than I do know the walks of hell.'^ 
has a coarfenefs, and an abruptnefs more fuited to the rude 
Huntfman, Scathlock, than to his gentler brother. Scarlet.; 
who we do not any where find rudely charafterized ; but 
to whom all the copies (miflakenly i think) concur in giv-. 
ing it. 

It may be thought thefe are minutiae fcarcely worth heed^ 
ing ; but the prcfervation of charafter by Author or Aftor 
in a Drama, as well as by mankind in general in life, de- 
pends upon fuch niceties, that it behoves all who would 
fuftain one with propriety (whether in the real or the mimic 
world), to attend carefully to the moft tfiVial word, look, 
or a£tion. «., 

Ibid. *^ ■ with caterpillars kells.'*' 

In Vol. IV. p. 47. we have 
•' Bury himfelf in every filk^worms kell." ^ 
/ Thefe kells, I apprehend; are the inclofures of infefts 
when young; fuch as (of caterpillars) the hedges and othef 
verdure about London, were fo remarkably covered with 
in the fpring o? the year 1782, fome of which were fo 
tough as to be with much difficulty cut with the lliarpeft 
knife. 

Ibid. 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 133 

Ibid. « Planted about her in the wicked feat.* 

There is a typographical en or in this line in Mr 
Wballey's edition ; inftead of abou/ it is mifprintcd abour. 

P. 141. " /, this gud learned man.'* 

Read. Ay^ this &c. 

Ibid. " The fcaly beetles, ,with their habergeons.*' 

Sec in Macbeth, 

" The fhard-lorne beetle/' 

and notes on the paifage. 

Laftcdit. of Shalcfpeare. Vol. IV. p. 532, feq. 

Page 142. ** If wfc could come to fee her, cry 
So haw, once !" 

Mr. Whalley has reftored the comma after her^ which 
was wanting in 8vo, 1716, from the folio, 1640, but Le 
has omitted the comma after cry^ which is in both folio 
and 8vo. 

Ibid. The argument of the Third A&. 

•* Puck-hairy difcovereth himfelf in the foreflr, and dif- 
eourfeth his offices, with their ncceffities, briefly.'* 

The name qf Puck will no fooner be read, than, I appre- 
hend. The Midfummer N»ght*s Dream of Shakfpeare; 
Milton's L' Allegro ; the Fairy Songs, and Cut of Robin 
Goodfellow, in the 3d volume of Dr. Percy's (now Bifhop 
of Dromore) ineftimable Reliques of ancient Englifh Poetry, 
will occur: Spenfer, Drayton, and Warner's Albion's 
England ; the old Plays of Grim the Collier of Croyion^ and 
fVUy BegyiUd^ will likewife be thought on : the reader will 
alfo recollcft what Mr. Peck fays of this imaginary Being 
in bis notes on Milton; fee Memoirs of the Poet, 4to, 1740, 
p. 156, and he will, no doubt, compare this iketch with 
Jonfon's other draught of him, in his Love ReJior^d^Yol. V. 
p. 401. 

In Dr. Grey's Edition of Hudibras are feveral other re- 
ferences concerning this popu'ar fpirit. See Part 111. 
Canto I. ver 1413. Note. 

The Notes alfo relating to Puck, &c in the laft edition 
of Shakfpeare, Vol. III. p.. 26. ieq. are very copious and 
fatisfaflory. 

Ibid. Argument, &c. 

** Douce entering' in the habit of Earne, is purfuerJ by 
Karol ; who miftaking her at firft to be his fifter, queftions 
her how flie came by ihofc garments/* 

K 3 I thint 



! 



y34 SUPPI. OMENTAL !^0TE6, 

I think ^Iip infer^ion of a ibort pgrentbei}^ would help 
this ; jc. g, 

. Who, miftaking her at firft to he his fiAer (hMt (io^ixigfaU 
error) quelHons her, &c« 

P. 143. Argument, &c. 

*• Which Ihe rails her daugbur to affift in.'^ 

Jonf n having doathed his Fable with dialogue beyond 
this fituation, wc arc affuria tha^ inftead of ^* iaughut^^ wc 
ihould read, 

She calls her goblin (daemon, fpirit, or whatever jel(e Puck 
nray be denominated) %q affift her. 

oee p. 150* " Where's my Puck-bairy 9" 

P. 144. Argument, &c. 

•* She gets to her dell, and takes her form." 

l^nter, Aiken has fpjed h^r fitting with her fpindle, threads^ 
ad images. They are eager to feizc her prefe^tly j bur 
Aiken, &c.*' 

This is very inaccurate, and evidently the iinrevifed Me- 
yrorandsi of the Poet's newly-conceivi^d plan pf future bufi-* 
ncfs for his fcene. 

Perhaps it would l^ as well thus. 

She gets to her dell, and t^kes her form. 

Aiken and the Huntfmen foon after entfr ; and, having 
fpitd her fitting with hpr fpindle, threads, ai^d inr.ages, they 
j^re eager to feizc her; but Aiken,' &c. 

P. 145. ACT Iir. S C E N £ L 

Puck-hairy. 
" The Fiend hath much tp do, &c." 
Puck is called, in this piece. Puck Wry. 
Milton fays, ** the drudging Goblin 

Balks at ihs fire his hairy ftrength." L'AllegrOj 
V. 105, and 11^. 
and in the old pi. y of Wily Beguiled is this paflage. 
*' ril wrap me in a roufing calf-Jkin fuitj 
And crme like fomfc Hobgoblin^'* 
See Hawkins s Origin of The Englifli Drama, Vol. III. 

P- 329- 

Sef alfo Ibid. p. 319. and 336. 

SnaHwtM, in his^C medy o The Lancathi re Witches, has 

borrowed this appell^tipn Irom JonLn. 

See 



SUPPLEMENtAL NOTES 15$ 

See Edition, 1726, of his Works. Vol. UL f^2T$* 
•* Mother Demdike. 
Here, take this Imp, and let him fuck 5 
He*ll do whate'er J:hou bid*ft hiaj : call 
Him Piick- Hairy. 
Madge. 

Come hither, Pwck-Halry, 

Enter an Imp in the ftapc of a black ShocV^ 
He has alfo borrowed from him, among many ojtbcr re- 
puted magical ingredients, this in particular. 
^« From the Sea's flimy oufe a Weed 

I fctch'd to open Locks at need." ?• 276. 

Which he thas acknowledges in his notei; upon the 
Magick. 

** See the renowned Johnfon, in the laft fcenc of the fc- 
cond A<a of his Sad Shepherd.** P. 333. 

This is the pafTage he alludes to. 
« ■ ■ ■ — i — and where fhe Sea 
Cafts up its flimie Owzc, fearch for a weed 
To open locks with." p. 140. Whalley's edit. 
Ibid. I think the following lines fhould be thus pointec*j» 
^^ I muft go dance aboujt ih^ foreft nQVjr^ 
And firk it like a goblin, till I find her ; 
Then will my feryice come worth acceptation^ 
When not expedled of her : when the help 



Meets the neceffit^, and both do kifs, 
*Ti8 call'd th^ timing of a duty, this. 



P. 146. ** Who the wife gcod woman, Jcc.** 

The folio, 164Q, has a comma after Who, and I think \% 
fliould l^aye been retained. 

Ijt^ceitaiDly feads bettc;r thus: 
** Who, {lie wife goqd worpan, 
GldNJaud, of Paplewickf^* 

There is alfo a fullpoint after Maud, to denote the aib- 
breyiation of her name, in folio 164Q. 

I did not remark it in its proper place, bccaufe I was 
very unfettled in my opinion j but I almoft think, that an 
abbreviation of Maudlin^s name wa^ alfo intended by the 
Poef, (though it is printed at full length in folio 1640.) in 
Marian's reply to a fpeech of Ms^ud|in in tb^ ad A£l| con- 
cluding with this paflage. 

K 4 f* Wifh 



I 



J36 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

" With a choice difh of Wildings here to Scali^ 

And mingle with your creame. 
Man Thank you, gpod MauUin,^* 
My rcafon's for the fappofition are thefe. 
Scald^ when fpoken by I^audlin, would, agreeably to the 
Scottifh dialefl, be pronounced Sc^udj and perhaps {hould 
have been io printed ; now, by taking away the redundant 
fyllable, //«, at the end of the next line, we (hould reflorc 
the (I believe j intended rime between 
Scaud 
and 
Maud 
tnd rather help than injure the'meafure of the verfe. . 
The palTage would then (land thus : 
•* With a good di(h of Wildings here to fcaud 
And iDingle with your creame. 
Mar. Thank you, good Maud,'* 
I am aware that this might be thought trifling, even if 
Jonfon*8 intention could be pofitively afcertained ; but I 
frankly conftfs 1 1 .ink iiothing fo, that tends toreftore purity 
to the corrupted* text of a valuable author. 

In purfuance ih refore of my endeavours to remove even 
the fmalleft corruption in this I^aftoral, I muft remark that 
(although I pafled it over in the prefent edition) in a paf- 
fagc already commented on, " and though my na^fe be 
camusM", p. 124. Mr. Whalley's edit, the mark of elifion 
in ** na'fe" feems unneceffary ; no letter being, or required 
to be, omitted. In the old romance of Twain and Gawain^ 
^wc meet with the word fo fpelr, but without a m^rk of 
elifion. ** His nafe was cutted as a cat." Sec Mr. Wdrton's 
invaluable Hiftoryof Englilh Poetry, Vol. I IL p. 109. ^^ 
the Differtation prefixed to which volume, p. 8a another 
example (of which feveral have been already given) occurs, 
in the cxtraft from the romance of Eman^ of the word om 
being written on : 

*< In that on korner made was 
Ydoyne and Amadas." 
And a play on the word very Timilar to Jonfon*s, occurs in 
Beaumoiit and Fletcher's Scornful Lady. See Ed. 1778, 
Vol. i. p. 3j;2. ^1 This makes you not a barony but a 
^* bare om^^ 

4 Theft 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 137 

Thefe examples not having been obferved till the fore- 
going pages were printed off, the reader is requefted to 
cxcufe their being inferted here, and to refer them to their 
proper places. 

When Maudlin comes (in the 2d AS) to give thanks for 
the ftag {he pretends Marian has fent her, £e fays, 
*< ■ I fhall go round 

And giddy wi'h the toy of the good turn.** 
I fufped alfo in this pafTage, though i have not altered 
the text, that the Author wrote 

** And giddy with the/«?y of the good turn.'* 

P. 147. " Tempefts (hall grow hoarfe. 

Loud thunder dumb, &c.** 
I am very diffident of advancing any thing in oppofition 
to Mr. Whalley's declared opinion $ yet I cannot help fay- 
ing, that I think Timpijl and Thundsr are both perfonized 
or perfonified here ; and, therefore, fhould be both in the 
lingular. It certainly gives a beauty to the paflage which 
the above reading cannot boaft. 

(( , Tempcft (hall grow hoarfe ; 

Loud Thunder dumb; &c.'* 
Thus it (lands in folio, 1640, with a femicolon after 
each fentence; which pointings, as thev didate a (lower 
delivery than the commas in Mr. Whalley*« Text imply, 
r gt%(e the fpeech a ftillnefs, if I may be allowed the exprelfion, 
happily fuited to the ^< cogitation** of crazed ^glamour. 
Ibid. " Who was that left you, Karoi ? 
Kar. The laft man.'* 

Though all the copies concur in this reading, I am of 
opinion it (hould be 

The bji man. 
P» 151. *^ 7%/y are other clouds and blacker threat you. 
Dame.'* 
And here again, in contradidion to all the copies^ I^think 
we (hould read, 
** Thin are other clouds, &c.'* 
Ibid. ** — . Gane; thy gait, and try 

Thy turns, with better luck, or hang thy (cU*^ 
Here the Paftoral breaks off abruptly. 
It is to be remarked, that in the folio, 164Q, the frag- 
ment of the Tragedy of Mortimer it £iid.to be left un^ 

finijbidy 




fnifiej; but after the laft quoted line? of the Sad Shepherd, 
It Printed The Ehd. 

In Chctwood's Life of Jonfon, p. 33. it is faid of the 
S^ Shepherd, ^* This \% a Paftc>|al| intended of thrn Ai^^t 
but not finifhed.'* 

As the ftory is no^ brought 10 ^ny kind of conclufion in 
the Argument of the Thjrd Aft j ^nd a^ Reqbeo, a cba- 
tafter mentioned in the Lift of Pcrfona of the Play, has 
not yet appeared ; nor had any bufinefs afligned him m 
cither of tlic argument? j we piay be c^rt^in, that the Paf- 
l( ral wab to have been extended to Qiore than thru A^s ; 
inoft probably to five. That it was not finifhcd by Jonfon, 
and given to th^ Public on the ftagc or otherwife, (notwith- 
ftancfing what has been fuppofcd from the Prologue) may 
be reafonably inferred from thefe lines ii? *• An Eclogue ba 
the Death of Pen Jpofon, written by Lord Falkland.** 

** ^o\ long before his death, our ivpojs he mear^ 
I'o vifit, and defcend from Thames to Tr^nU'^ 

See the entire {IclQg^ V>A %era| oiher Ver&s on the 
^eath of Ben Jonfon, in Ni<phol9'l Sele^ ColUAion of 
Poems, Vol. i. p. 3^47. 

Which eiipreftofi pf Lor<l FalKUad'l <♦ he wnn/, &€/* 
implies. { thinks that bf h4d meatio9e4 his intention of 
writmg the Sad Shfipherd, bu| that wb:vt hfi had writtw, 
as U« did not livQ to flnini th€ poem, wns never ieen till 
after his death : Of, pefha^s^ he Q^vef even mentioned his 
deiign ; hut an infpeftion into the papery he left behind him 
might h^YQ Of cai}Q9e<l th^ informatiap in Lord Fall^land's 
Eclogue to be given to the public (as It; W9s) a year or (wo 
before the fragment itfeif wad pablifiied. 

la > pofi^ ^j CaHwrijjb* ((e^ p. 311. of his wprks* ^. 
1651.) re-printed in Nichols*s Miicellany. VoJ^ L p« 63. 
^^ ia* rneiBi^y of tb« wsA worthy Bl^a Jonfon," arei the 
folio wmg lines: 

*• We adore the laft draughts of thy quill 1 

thofc thy thoughts which the now quiafi cgt^ 

Doth count bat ciodt^ and refttfe of the ftage. 
Will come up porcekin-wit fome hundreds hencd. 
When there will be more manneri, and more fiuife.*' 

In 



SUPPLtMENTAL NOTES. 139 

In ' a poem by Caf^w to Bm Jcnfon, (Ed.. 1670^^ 

p. 90.) 
he fays.*-*, 

** Thy comique Mufc from the exalte4 liQC 
Toucht by the Alchyrpift, dith fince dedinf 
From that her Zenith, and foretels a rc^ 
And hlujbing evening, when (he goes to bed. 
Yet fuch, as fliall qutfliine the glimmering light 
With which all liars fhall gild the following night.* 
Randolph's Anfwer to Jonfon's Ode, toperfuade him noC 
to leave the ilage, oegins as follows : 
** Ben, do not leave the ftage, 
'Caufe 'tis a loathlbme age ; 
For Pride and Imppdeoce will grow too bold. 

When they (hall he^r it told 
They fright<?d thee : ftand high at is thy caufe^ 
Their hifs is thy applauie. 
More juft were thy difdain 
Haf{ they approv'd thy vein* 
So thou for them, and they for tbee were born. 
They to incenfe, and thou as much to fcorn/' 

£d. 1638, p. 71. N. B« The original orthography 
of this extract has not been adhered to. 
And in one of Howcli*s letters to Ben, he fay?, 
** You were m?d when \ou writ your Fox, and madder 
^ when you writ your Alchymift ; &c. but when you writ 
your Epigrams, and the Magnetic Lady, you were tut fa 
mad^ &c. The madneis i mean, is that divine fury, &c/' 
Ed. 1650, p. 154. 

We have the evidence of our own underftandings that 
Jonfon's latter writings are not equal to his earlier pro- 
d unions ; and wo have the foregoing and many other proofs 
that his moft partial friends, as well as the public at large, 
thought fo while he was living. I forget whether it was 
one of his contemporaries, or fome one iince, who called 
his latter writings his Dotages. From the inferiority of 
moft of them to his Every Man in, and out of, his Humour; 
his Silent Woman, Fox, Alchymift, and two Roman Tra« 
gedies; (which, however, I do not mean to rank with his' 
celebrated comedies) and from the wonderful revival of his 
Poetic Powers in this Paftoral, which I am apt tp thitilc 
4 \Jv% 



140 SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 

his.lateft work; we may compare the declining Mufe of 
'Jonfon to the dying flame of a once-brilliant Taper, 
which glimmer^, and darkens by fits ; till, at laft^ (as if 
afliamed of its fs^ded luftre) colleftin^ all its remaining 
ftrcngth ; and refolving, by one vaft eflort, to equal, if not 
tranfcen4 its former greateft light; it blazes with prodigious 
and unuTual bri^htncfs, but in the glare expires ! 



APPEN*.. 



APPENDIX 



T O 



THE SAD SHEPHERD. 



AND 



SUPPLEMENTAL NOTES. 



THE following Extra As, &c. have no immediate 
reference to the Paftoral or Notes ; but, being of a 
MUgetfial nat&r^i if is prlfumed (hey msy, ifith^'^ 
cut any great impropriety, be annexed. 



A P P E N D IX- 143, 



tntntiancumtkK^t^tikdimJUfki, 



EXTRACTS, OfiSfikVAtlONS, ice- 

TN the fitft voltittj* df Mf. Matertrt SujfifpIeftWht t& the 
* laft edition of Shakfp^fe's Pf^Jrsf, page 76, he fays that 
to note e^ Vol. I. j^agt 288. bf thatt WtMrkj we (hould 
** add, 

It fliould likcwife be Witicittbcted» Vbiit vfcrfcs by Spenser 
are prefi^ted to LtWk^loll's Ofmm^itweahh afrd Qc^fhm^mt 
0f Vtmct^ printed in 1599.** 

Mr. Malone having very obligiAgly falrtoxifed ifte witli 1 
tranfcript of the titl^-page ta LeWkenor's work, and of the 
verfes 6n it 5 they are hcr^j for tkv pur t>ofe of mulliplyiflg 
copies of them, ia aid of their prefervatioH, inlerted. 

" The Commonwealth and Government of Venice, 
Written by the Carainal Gaffar C^ntareHOi and tranf- 
lated out of Italian into Englifh, by Lewa Lewkehor^ Efyuirt^ 
London, imprinted by John IVindet^ for Edmund Mtittesj 
and are to be fold at his Ihopat thefigne of the Hand and 
Plow in Fleet-ftreet, 1599." 

<^ The antique BaM^ eippreflc of the Eaft, 
Uprear'd hef buildingcs to the thrcatned Ikie j 
And fecond Babel, tyrant of the Weft, 
Her ayry towers upraifed much more high. 
But with the Weight of their own furquedry 
They both arc fallen, that all the earth did feare. 
And buried l^ow in their own allies lie, 
Yet fhewing by their heapes how great they were. 
But in their place doth now a third appeare. 
Fay re Fenicey flower of the lad world's delight. 
And next to them in beauty draweth deare, 
But farre exceedes in policie of right. 
Yet not fo fayre her buildingcs to behold. 
As Lewkenor's ftile that hath her beautie told. - 

Edm. Spencer.'^ 

Mr# Malone having met with, or obferved only, thefe 
om^meftdatory Verfes by Spenfer, it is not likely that many 

hav« 



144 APPENDIX. 

have feeiii or noticed any other ; I have not the leaft doubc 
therefore of the following being acceptable^ 

To 
*^ The Hiflorie of George Caftriot^ furnamed, Scanderbeg^ 

King of Albanie. 
Containing his famous ades, his noble deedes of Armes^ 
and memorable vi£lories againft the Turkes, for the 
Faith of Chrift. 
Comprifed in twelve Bookes : 
By Jacobs de Lavardin, Lord of Plessis Bourrot, 
a Nobleman of France. 
Newly tranflated out of French into Engliflj by Z. J. 
Gentleman. London, imprinted for William Ponfonby^ 
1596/' This eulogy is prefixed. 

*^ Upon the Hiftorie of George Caftriot, alias Scan* 
derbeg king of the Epirots, tranflated into Englifli.** 
*< Wherefore doth vaine antiquitie fo vaunt. 
Her ancient monuments of mightie peercs. 
And old Heroes, which their world did daiint 
With their great deedes, and fild their childrens earesf 
Who rapt with wonder of their famous praife. 
Admire their ftatues, their Coloflbcs great. 
Their rich triumphail Arcks which they did raifr. 
Their huge Pyramids, which do heaven threat. 

Lo one, whom later age hath brought to Hghty 
Matchable to the great ft of thofe great : 
Great both by name, and great in power and might,. 
And meriting a meere triumphant feate. 

The fcourgc of Turkes, and plague of infidels. 
Thy adts, 6 Scanderbeg, this volume tels. 

Edi Spenfcr.'* 
To Feachart*^ Minerva Britanna are prefixed the follow- 
ing Stanzas, thus addrefled : 

** To Matter Henry Pcacham. 
A Vifion upon this his Minerva." 
*« Mcthought I faw in dead 6i filent night 
A goodly Citie all to cinders turned, 
Upon whofe ruincs fate a Nymphe in white. 

Rending 



A ^ ? E N D I X. ,^5 

' / R^ftdiftg Ker halre of wiery gold, who mourned ; 
Or for the fall of that fai re Citie burned, . 
Or fome dekre Lore, whofe death fo tnade her fad : 
That iitidt ho joye in worldly thing fhe had.'* 

^* This wa» that G/«iai of that aunticnt Trcy^ 
In her owne.a(he§ buried long ?gQe : 
So gricv'd to fee th^t BritatHe ihould enjoy 
Her Pailas^ whom Ihe held and honour'd fo z 
And how no litle meoiorie coul4 ihow 
To eternizie her^ iince llie did infufe. 
Her Eniheari fdvile, intd this Ehdifli Miift* 

Whether or hot thefe initials mean EdfhundSpenfiry it^ 
mains to be i^nqHiired into. 

1 have feen no other copy bf th:k woik. of P6acliam*s but 
the one I irdnfcribed thefe Stanzas from; 6f which the 
title-page to the firft pkrt is wantng, and' that X6 the fecbnd 
part IS not datedk If the verfes are Spenfer's, the edition 
they are prefixed to niuft either have been a gbbd jdell" de- 
layed in its publication, or it is a fecond one, with ad- 
ditions, fince he re^d the work; for Peacham's firft vetfes 
therein are adJrciTfd, ** lo nly dread Soveraigne Jimes, 
King of Grfat Britaihei &c.'* there are othei*s to the queen 
(Anne), princefs Elizabeth, Henrie Prince of Wales, flnd 
Charles Duke of Yorke (after\Vafdis King Chkries I.), whj 
Was not fo created X\{[ about ihe year i6qs> ot l6o6 ; and 
Spenfef died, if we cin depend on tradition, ill 1598,, or 
1599. Sec his Life by Hughes, Birch, Chtlfch, and Upton. 

It may be thought thefe initials Eh S. ftand for Edward 
Sharpbam^ whofe Comedy of The Fkire was entered on the 
Books of the Stationers^ Company, May 9, 1606. See 
Mr. Reed*8 much. improved edition of the Biographia Dra- 
matica. Vol, II. page 125. or that they may fignify Edmund 
Story or Scory; there being verfes prc6xed to Drayton's 
Heroical Epiftles, 16Q5, figned £. St. Gtnt. which in the 
8 vo edition of DbiytOn's works, l'753, ^tt figntd Edmund 
S<9ryy Knt. See Vol. h ^. 21^ 

*' One good turn difetwi mother ^ 
This .mstxim feem& to have been, fo well uhderftood 
by commen^tory authon, as to be at length ridiculed 



146 A ? 1? £ N P I X. 

and exploded ; which Dryc'en hymouroofljF adv^rt^ to in 
his Vcrfcs to Lcfc ori his Alexander. 

^ The Blaft of commw Cenfure couM I f<(ar^ 
Before youf Play my Nairie (bould not ^ppfar;. 
For 'twill be thought, and with fome colour, too, , 
I pay the Bribe I firft ^ccciv'd from jrbu: 
I'hat mutual Vou<*ers for our Fame we ftand. 
To play the Grame into each others Miind 5 
And as cheap Pto'orths to ourfelvei aflbrd, 
As Bejfus artd th# Brothers of the (Word."* 

Peacbamy in his Compleai Gentiemak^ 1627, fpcaking of 
r<:dcbrated' poets, particularizes M. Edmund Spencer ^ but 
mentions no other to whom the initials E. ^.. could boIp|Bg« 
f will fay a littie more on this fubj^iS pre/i^ntly : and, ixi 
the interim, i^s a fpecimen.of T'/(?^ Minerviiy which! irtniginc 
is rather fcarce, fcleft fomc verfcs from it on Douland, the 
iMuficiaui whb was as celebrated in the age in which he 
lived, as Handel and Arne have bee^ in this; but wlio 
lived to fee the proverb verified, ** no longer pipe no longer 
^ dance ;*' which fliould be conftantly kept in, mind by thofc 
^ho muft depend on their own talents for their fuppprt, a» 
aii incentive to oeconomy ; the fruits of ^ which will, iet 
'them above the flights or frowns of the world, when, through 
years or infirmity their abilities faall decline, ** aod unre- 
garded a"ge" be " in corners thrown/* , / 

The device which precedes the Stan7>as .(for there is ajif 
. cmWenftatical cut to every fulyje^) is a..p^h(jn§al^ flitting 
on a bare brier, in the midfl of a wintry ^rtp ; . ' 

- With ■■ this mottp^ addrcfs, , aptl ; aji^^^ntt 
;= '• '.'. > !. -1. ,. ■ « Eifit altera -ftiePce*. '-'i^---' '• 

Ad amicul3i ftram Joliannem Do^idandui^ 
. i M-uficcs peretiffimum, • '• ' . 

Joba:nrie8 i)oulandu8. ; .• . i 
Annos lude;ndo haufi/*^ ; v; ^ ' 

<'*^ Ilcere Pkilome^in filence fits aloTie^ ' 
In depttf of winlei^, on the b^red brief, ". 
Whereas the Rofe, had oifcc her {>eautie {\\b^trti 
Which 'Lordes, and Ladiesr, cSd fo much defirc : 
' ■' ' But fruitlcfe now, in^wlncer&fooft, aaodxfoowf^ ^ 
* '") Itidoth dd(jpis5d, at^diUQrtgdrd«dp^(fl)wi^iiM.; J.. %: 
6 ^ Sa 



A V ^ E N h \ ±. 'f47 

So firtte (blrfffcdd J thy ycaresltave mticfe thfee wliite. 
And thou ^cAr dthcrt, haft confia/tf iRv forin^, ' 
How fcvy^ J'egarjd thee, whomc tbou dicfft deKght, 
Arid farte, ahd ne^re, camcJ oi^ce to heare thee ling t 
Ingtatefa'l times,, and worthies age of oufs. 
That lets us pine, when it hath cropt our fioWers/* 

Shakrpeare, in his ^aflionate Pilgf im, iays,! ^ 
«« U n^iufick and [wp^t poetry agr^e^ 

As they muft needs, the lifter an^th^ brother^ 
lFb«{i rtwft tUe love be great 'twixttjiec^uid me, 
Becaufc thou lov'ft the one, and I the olber. 
Dowlamd to thiee is dear, whofe heavenly toach 
Upon the liiie doth ravilli hunr>an ienfe; 
Spinftr to Hie, wbo.r« deep conceit i$ fuchj 
As, pM&flg Ml conceit, needs oa^efence/- 
Mr» Ma'^ono has the foito wing note on hhakipeare's men- 
tion of Ddwi^nd; which, as it infornM us of thenegl^ed 
4bld AAniiclan's ending his days in competence, refpeS, and 
peacey will, I am futey give pkafure to ev^y feeling miiKr. 

•♦ Oowbmd was a celebrated Lastanift^ The king of 
Deninark wasfo nftttchpleafed with him, that he requeiltd 
king James to permit him to leave Kngland^ He accord- 
ingly went to iJenmatk, and died tberti'^ 

Mt. Scieev«tl8 has^added an account of entries of Dvw- 
)aiid'« mufical comppfitians on the books of the Stationei-s' 
Coilnpaiyy* 

&e . Scippleraent to Jaft edition' oS Shakfpeare, Vol. !• 
p4 713 and 744. 

To rcftmie the iubjtft of ttbe Vijion^ the inftrwon of it 
tttorely on aocouot of the fignarure £% S. may be thought 
aiiaft^of Supemrcf atioa ; but, in one who has that yeae- 
' raisklQtfor Spe^fer whicii I profefs to hive, afid^ who^womld 
tefcue the fmalleft fragment of his writing from oblivi<^n, 
it is no more thai^ d^ty : and ih^ the Stanzas ia xjucftion 
wene written by him, I think ther? is bpch ^trjei»\ and, 
whicb i^ infinitely more fatisfadory, internal evidence. In 
the firft p' ace the v^ry title of the Vierfe^ is finnrlar. ta* thofc 
of three of Speofcf's fmall poems; vi^«; 

♦< Virions of the World's Vanitie.'' 
«« The Virions of Bcllay/' And 
« The Vifions of Petrarch/' - 



14« APPENDIX. 

whieh were publiflied in a colleAion of fonie of his 
'•* difpcrft" pieces, called Complaints, in 4to, 1591. 
Secondly, One of the entries mentioned by Mr. Steevens, 
is " a booifXy called, The Second Book of Songes or Ayres, 
of twoo, fburc, and five Partes, with Tribletures for the 
Luie or Orpherion, with the Viol-de-gaiuboi Compofed 
by John Dowland, Batchelor of Mulick, and Lutanift 
tinto the moft famous Chriftian the IVth. by the Grace 
of God, king of Denmark, Norway, &c.*' The entry is 
dated July 16, 1600. 

Ptacham^s verfes on the neg1e<Ei into which Dowland had 
fallen, muft have preceded his being raifed above it, by his 
appointment to the king of Denmark's fervice : which 
brings the matter in queftion fo near to Spenfer's time, that, 
allowing for tbofe who complimented the Author of the 
Minerva with verfes on it, to have read it in MS. ; the pre- 
paring of near, or perhaps above two hundred cuts ; (my 
imperfeft copy goes as far as page 193, with a ciit to 
al moft every page) and o; her neceffary or accidental deisms 
before the publication; (during which time the verfes pn 
the Stuart family might have been prudently added) it cer- 
tainly muft be granted that it is pc^ikle for tlie VISI0^7 to 
have been Spcnier's. 

Thirdly, as to tht probability j thaty I conceive, muft de- 
pend on the internal evidence, i. e. the verfes tbemfelves; 
and I think whoever .lUUl be pleafed to compare this Fifion 
with Spenfer's Ruines of 1 ime (the firft poem in the 
ColIeAion called Complaii^ts), and with his Fowre 
Hymnes, 4to, 1596, for the conftrudion of the ftacza in 
cachr, and the iimiiMrity of tlwught and expreffiop in the 
firft fix ftanzas of the former, will alio grant that I have no 
flight reafons for my fvippofitton. To prevent the troy ble 
iOf referjpiog, the foHowing paraLkls are brought iulo one 
paint of view. t 

\i€ ^.^ — >>■ • < fete a Kymphe in white, 
' Rending her hair^ of wieiy gold, who fpoufned.'^ ' 

. s ' Vifiortw^^' 

<* A Wo7>an fitting forrowfuHie wailing, ' * 

Rcncinj her yeolow locks," like wyrie gold/^ ' ■ ' 
- .' ^ Ruine*. 



Z'' 



A P P'E N p I X; uy 

€€ ■■ - ■ M - , ■ who mourned, • 

/ Or for the fall of, &c. 

^ Or fomc dcare Love** 

. : . Vifion, ' 

** Which did the loffe of fome dere love lament.** 

Ruines. 
** Tb»t fince no joyc in worldly thing (he h$d.'* 

Vifion. 
" Ah ! what delight (quoth flie) in earthlie thing, 
Or comfort can 1 wretched creature have ?" 

Ruines, 
** This was that Genius of that auntientTr^y* 

Vifion^ 
** Or th* auncient Genius of that Cicie brent'* 

Ruines, 
** In her ownc aflies buried long agoe'* 

Vifion^ 
** And have in mine ownc bowels made ipy grjavc** 
** And lye in mine own aflies.'* 

Ruines. 
To thefc may be added a line from the Verfes onLewkeno/. 
^' And buried now in their own afhes lie.*^ 

I believe there needs no more on the fubiea, qpleTs ^t be . 
to beg the reader's pardon for having faid fp much abouj 
fourteen lines only; but if they are Spenfcr^s (to apply aa. 
expreilion of Garrick*s, in a prologue jpn Shakfpeare^ to 
our grtrat dramatift's beloved poet), I would f^ lofe np drop 
of that immortal man !" nor a fyljable of yirbateyer might . 
tend to illuftrate the "deep conceit" of his moft incom- 
parable writings : for wbipb reafpn I fiJ3|,oip this piece pf 
literary intelligence. 

In the blank leaves of a copy of Dr^ Jprpn's celebr^jted 
Remarks on Spun/er^s Poems ^ uhxh belonged to the late Dr. 
Dodd, there were written a g?,c it many ijmilar ones by him ; 
with references tb, apd extracis frco^^ the Gfepl^ a|id ^oman 
poets. 

The book was bought in a public fliop, fopn after tha 

Doftor's death, and reftored, vvith th^ MS. notes, thrpugl^ 

/ the medium of a friend, to his widow j in hope that theijr 

publication might prove advantageous to her, and a pleafure 

tjt^.the learned : but as they h% e not yet appeared in print* 

L 3 • ?n^ 



ip A 'P: P E N D I 5g 

and perhaps funlcfs they are fQqfbt after) never nvayt the 
world is hiereby informed, that fuch remsitks did (and It is 
thought fome other of the Dolor's i^npubliflied crltictl ^^ 
well as poet^a) ^Nfritings ftili do) exil^ ; valuable defiderata 
to many frorn i^Uom thty ar« vkH-feeW ! 

I might have faved the reader and myfelf fome trouble 
if I had ot^ferve^ jfooi^^ii t\\^\ Mr. Wairtm fays Pea<cbaitt*s 
JMincrva\ya% Pfiiltcd in !6ia» Hift. of Epg. Poetry, Vol. 
III. p. 299/ 

Whetner tUi$ ftr^f ll)e $irft Editjqn or not, lam fti)l of 
opinion that the lines I have quoted are Spenfer'^. \ 

Drayton baviog be^a qupt;ed in the SssppknteataLNates^'l 
am yery much inclined toinferta letter 1 have read in com- 
mendation of hi^ii ^nd his >Vftifk*; biJtj havic^g dwelt tdo 
long perhaps on the foregoing article, i^nd as I may be 
thought equally tedijpus on the (oll^wing Qae:|, I will con- 
tent myfelf with informing thofc who have not met with 
the letter I allucle tq^ that it yira^ puWiflicd in th^ White- 
hall Evening Poft, Marcl^ 11, .1749, and k^ I thinks, 
worthy of peruf^ and prefervation. 

1 will now, out qf a l^ind)^ qf gleanings (weottt chaff I 
fea^ than corn) ini the inexh^uftible ^qldof (;ommentator£ba>t 
throw in my miti only to the trea fury of Shakfpearean ob^ 
fervattpn, elucidation, §cc.; not beanjg, though fufficiently 
Irberal of prolixity, quite To free of K as neigl|i|?Qur Dog*, 
berry; who, \yith unbopnded gencrpfity, fays, , 

' ••*' If 1 wdre as tjpdipus as a Vijng, 1 could nod in n?y hcfirt; 
to beflfbw it all of your vvprjh'p.*^ 

• In. A^ II. Stehe III. of Rotneoand Juliet, Jafteditibn of 
Sh'akfpeare, Vol. X page 63. are thefe lines. * 

^^ P mickle is the pqw^fiji graqe, that lies 
Ij) plaptJ, btrbs*, ftonips, i^nd tbeif^ tfue qualities : 
^, IV wught fo yitfe |b.at on the earti) d^h Uve, 

fiut to the ea^th fome fpecial good do^h give; ^ 

^ Noj;. opijb^ ^ S!^^> ^^ ftfain'4 Uf^ 4^9,1 fair u&^ 
,. R vbl|3 fibmjirrue J^irth, ftum^ipg c^aahufc; 
Virtue i^fclf mr.ns v^^ 
Aiid Y^c^ fometi^npV % aftio^ digMififid.*! 



A P P E N D I %. 151 

Tri Swali'^ Spcdilujtt Mundi, 4(0, i635f p. 299, tlic paf»^ 
ftgfc W quoted, vrilli thefe rem^rk^blc variatioo.s; which, I ' 
Jjctievc have not been notitcd, 

'* Oh mickle is the powVfuJ^ good that \m 
lb herb', trees, ftones, and th^ir true qiialitiei : 
For nought fo yile that on the earth doth livc^ 
But to the earth ibme jfcgret good dot)a giv^. 
And nought fb rich on e thi5r rock or Ihelf, 
JBut, if uni^npw^, lies u(ele{[p to itfelf^ 
'^berCfpre. who th^j^ do make their fc<:iiet5 l^now||» 
Ddth profit others, and not b^-t Jiis ifiwnj^ 

Whether it ft^ifo in my copy of tihiR Piay cvirr feeii br 
Swan, or whe her He quoted it fr^m an unfiaithfi^t irUMorj^ 
'4Vi(\ what he comld not r«C'jll«£t iEuppjbiedifrom hU o^fn ima- 
gination, I cannpt fay. 

The fame book will, I bglieve^ help us to the meliniog 
of the followia^obrci^F^ pfUT^c in Sh^kip^ar^i PstflJiMiat^ 
PDgriiii. P. 734. .Mr.MaJpjie's«ditioD. 

** A«d thou, treble-d^ted ct6^^ 
. Th^t thy fttbl^'airtidei- trtak'ft 

With tlie\bi-«4i6 thoa givli M mk'ft^ 
'Mongft our n:y>tt)rn^r$ (halt thop go/* 

Mr. Stccvens feys, ** I Aippofc this ur^couth eicprpflioa 
{l^ffl^ ihe bretttti th^u gitfjl and takyt] ipej^ns, that tjic vr^ffj 
or raviHi continties its raCip by tl>e preath it gives to thpm as 
its parent, and by that whic|i It iatfs from other animals : 
i. t, hy -ftrft producing its young fron^ kfclf, an^ ihen fitOf 
Vidijag fer iheit tui>pdtt by depredatioij. 
Thus in K. John ; 
« — ,-.,.^ ^^d y^g CQnfufion \jvaiit« 
^ ('^ /fs doth a raven on a ftci- fallen ^beaji.) 

** The imixiinent de<:*y of wr^fted pomp " 
\, " Thi^ (fays Mr. Stecvens) is thehoft I can make of the 

The ^xplicapon I allude tq U 19 p. 397, of Swan** 
fSpccultun ; tbefe /aire his words. 

"Neither (-as i« thtvught) doth the raven conceive by 
jCJWi}\in&MXO^ oi ©ale ^a^ fcaxalej, but rather by a kinde of 
biiiijfg at the mQUthy which Plinie (Lib. X. c^p. fa.) men** 
itoneth as an opinion of tlie conimon people i ^c.'* 

L A ^ 



152 A P P E N D I ^ X, 

As to their Providipg fqr the fupp9rt of their youpg by 
depredation; it is faid in the preceding page of Sviran'f 
\to k, that ** file (the raven) is noted fojrap unl^inde bird, 
to her young ores^ expelling* them out qf their neft before 
their full afid coinpleat time; leaving; them to theirfelvcf 
bef»re they arc able to fhift.'* 

In page 397, Swan fays, that under the Latin name 
Coryus, ** we comprehend the crows s^s well a^ the 
rayen^.'^ 

The French trahfl^tors of Shakfpeare have fci^dercd 
f< Wifh raverfs feather-' ** ayec la plume d'pn hhou!^ Se^ 
La Tcmpete, (Paris, 1776^) p. 48 which interpretaiion has 
he^n rtdiculed by. fbmei; apd defended by otber^i as mean- 
^,^e Scjrcccb'Ow/, or Night- /Jtfi/-f«. 
« Sf;^ mi account. of. the naimes (elaflical and common)^ 
kinds, qualities, and attributes of the Raven, Crow, Owl, 
Night-Ravdn, &criechvOwl, Howlet, and Sea^Qrow, in 
l^waQ, p. 395. and following, as far as p. 414. 

It is obfervablei itat Shaktpeare mentions, as dliRinft and 
feparatc creatures, the fhrieking Owl, NightTcrow, and 
Raven, in one fpeech of. Henry's tp Richard, 3d Part of 
Henry Vlth. pi; 557 and 558. Vol, VL laft edit. ' 
♦* The owl mriek'd^Vthy birth, an evil fign ; 
f* The ni^ht'crowc^Y^y aboding lueklefs time ; • ' 
*< Dogs hoWrd,*and hideous teuipefts (hook down trees; 
** The rtfVi?« rook dhej- qh the. chimnfy*R top, 
•* And chattering pies in diffnal difcord fupg,- . 
Phineas Fletcher (Author of the Purple 111 and, and other 
teailitfifuT p'drafs!, in the 1 8th Stanza of his ^^ Ecl<>gue^ 
p. 5 edit. 1633, has this, line, ' ' * 

♦' No Jbruching ow/, no rug hi crew lodgeth here.'* 
In the Edinburgh edition 6f F'lctcherfs Eclogpcs, 177IJ 
is the following note on this paflage, '^ 

" Mr. Addifdn, inhis' critcilm on paftoral poetry, will 
allow po greater misfortune or inconvenience to be de* 
Icnbed as incident to the ftate of (implicity which is there 
j\jj)ppjpdi than left-<|)amled oaks, JhrUking r<ivens^ or at moft 
the lofs of a lamb or goat. Fletcher, in this paffage, wiH 
not faj);iihder his ceftfure, where he parnts-the owl afnd the 
flight-crow as the mott difagrceable objc£ts attending th^ 
Weof aflicpheid otfiflicr;? v- ' ^' • * '^ v ^. 



A P P E 14 D I X- 153 

'in ihcfc cxtrafls, and in the following one fropi Spcnfcr,' 
I conceive they are alfo fpoken of as diftind anc) fppar^tc 
/creatures. 
• r *< Even all the nation of unfortunate 

And fatall birds about them flocked were. 
Such as by nature men abhorre and hate, 
The ill-fafte (.Jwie^ deaths dreadful! meffengere. 
The ho2Ln Night^raveriy trump of doleful! drere^ 
The lether- winged Bat^ dayes enimy. 
The rueful Sirich, ftill waiting on the here. 
The IP'hiJiler (hrill, that who fo heares doth dy. 
The helliOi //tf'^/^/^J, prophet* of lad deftiny.'* 

Faeire Queene, B. IL C. XII. S. 36, 

In the Second Part of Henry IVth. laft edit. Vol. V. 
p. 596^1 Silence fings, 

^* 'Tis merry in hall, when beards wag all.*' 
Upon which Mr. Steevens fays, " Mr. Warton, in his 
Hiji. af Bnglijh Poetryj obkrvcSf that this rhime is found in 
9 poeiyi by Ad^m Davie, called the Life of AUxandtr: • 
5* Merry fwithe it is in halle 
" When the her des waveth alle.^* 
The very words (as Shylock fays) are m Tuflcr's Huf- 
bandry, 4to B. L. (I don't know the date, my copy want- 
ing the title page) p. 96. Augufts Abftraft. 
•* Come home Lord finginc. 
Come home corne bringing. 
^ I is merry in hall, 
When beards wag all." 
TuiTer died in or before the year is^o* 
See an Epitaph on hijn in bp\y's Survay of London, 
4to. 16 18. page 474. 

In MeafuVe for Meafijre, laft edit. Vol. II. p. 7^. the duke, 
fpeajlQing p( life, fays, 

. <* thou art death-'s fool; 

For him thou labour'ft by thy flight to fliun, 
And yet runneft towM him ftill." 
: *V In ithofe old farces called Moralities ^ tht fool of tlic" 
piece^ in order to (hew the inevitable approaches of death, 
jw made jto employ ill! his ftratagems to ayoid him; whicH^ 



^ 



J 



) 



i^ A: I! a? E: « El irx, 

as the matter is ordered, bring the fipl at every, tvrn, i^ito 
bis very jaws.** . ^ tVa^burton* 

Tn All's Well that end's Wei), 1 aft edit. V. JV..P..124.' 
the clown fay*, . 

** Artd I wouM give his wife my b^wblc/' 

** Part of the furniiure of a fool^ was a h<nviUj which^ 
though it be generally taken to fi^oify any thing of fmall 
value, has a precife and determinate meting. It is, in 
Jhoit, a kind.df truncheon vtith a keadx:aived on if) which 
the y^p/ anciently carried in his hand.*' Sir J. Hawkins. 

In^iUe remainder of this note, and in the fukfequcnt one 
by Mr. Steevens, accounts are given of, feprefcntations of 
this Mge 6 f folly. ; . 

• •luih'fafprrz.cd that ^ reprcfentatiOrt of i)/^fi, the Fool^ 
and the bawbU^ in a book which mufthave pafled throogh* 
the hands' of wi?, if not boch o^'ibe above-named gentle- 
men^ has not been noticed. 

The hiittal ictxcr to the edition of Stcw*s Survay, before-^ 
menttaned^ is in a wooden cut, at»(M)Ft tiKro inches (nearly)* 
fquare; the fubjei^ of the groCind-work of the cut is a 
ftrug^le hitx^ttn Death and the F$9i\ the figii/es were mod 
probably €PiH«d from thofe charaflers as formerly repre- 
lented on the (tage, ' (la Hift. of Eng. Poetry. V. 111. p< 
290, it is fard that Anthony Munday, the editor of thi^ 
edition of Stow, was firft a Stage- player.) Death has on a 
wreath of lawrel, to denote, I imagine, that he is a con- 
<]ueror. The Fool tes on a hood, with bells and affes ears ; 
emblems of folly and ftupidity. 

A bawbU^ fcull, and hour-glafs, emblems of the v^ciity 
of hum^^n life, o*' niciriality and timf, are on the gKmhdj 
tiariflg iallen petteaps during X\\t contdft. t 

The Fool in King Lear, Uft edit. V^ JX. p. 390. fays, 
*♦ ftcy^s any coxeomb.*' *< take my coxcomb/* 

** Meaning his cap, called fo, becaute on the top df thi 
fool or jefter's cap wa$ fewed a piece of red trtoth", re- 
iembiing tiiC O0ii>D o^ a coek." Warburton. 

Fig. 12 in Mr. Toilet's plate, laft edit, of Shakfoearc, 
Vol. V. is thft of a ^m4 with tlK kind of cap orscaHed 
by Lear's Fool bi* cpxtm^ ; h%nt% (aa well as the head of 
she iajJLbIg in |[m>^ hao4) afies cau$ o^,.% lii|^^e.tbofe.ootlf)< 

Foora 



A P IP;:E N D I X 155 

FoolVeap defcrlbcd from Stow, the bead end neck of a 
cock on the top, auid a bell thereon ; wfaich, Mefsrs. Tolkt 
a|id Steevensfay (from Min(hcw) natural ideots and foots 
did, iVith cocks' feathers aBb, acct^om ihemfelires to wear. 
The affixing afles ears to denote ftupidity is as old as tht fen* 
tence of Apollo for the judgment of Midas, In the mirror 
of mankind held 'by the Satyr in the frontifplece to Mr, 
Reed's edition of Dodfley's colleflfon of Old Plays, the 
well-imagined refleftioB (not exprefled in the frontifplece to 
Mr. Uodfley*s edition, 1744), is a Fool with a Co^cornb. 

The writer of a valuable letter in the Gcntlernan's Ma- 
gazine (May, 1756 p. 223), c6ncemirg Mr. Dodflcy's 
<< S^lea colleai6n of Old Hays, in twelve volamcfs,** feys, 
** I have fometimes been of opinion, that a 13th volume 
is ftill wanting, which I propofe fboufd contain a feries of 
neceffary remarks upon the feveral p^ays in the collcftjon i 
fometimes to give a critique upon the plot, or deduce a fliort 
Uiftory of the play ; fometimes to explain an old caftom, or 
piece of hiftory, which are often alluded to; and at other 
times to expound an obfolete word or antique phiafe. And 
certainly I muft think, that fince Cicno has declared * mlHi 

* quidem nulli fatis cruditi vidcntur, quibus noflra ignota 

* iunt,' (DV, deFinibu«, Lib. I.) to comment upon thcfe 
old plays muft be eveiy w't as laudable, and even as ufeful^ 
as to explain a trafgedy of Sophocles^ or a comedy of Arijio* 
phaneSf upon which the literati, with great pomp and cere- 
mony, will often lay out themfelvcu, and confume an in- 
finite deal of time." It is a tribute due to the elegant labou'-s 
o\ Mr. Reed to obfer ve, that in his edition he has not only 
gratified the iviflies of this writ^r, but exceeded them j the 
judicious. feleftion of p eccs contained therem; the accuracy 
of the text ; and th« x^ricty of entertainment, information, 
and inftru£iion in the prefa e, biography, and notes; ren- 
dering it one of the richeft funds of dramatic trealure 
extant. 

• White I am fpeaklng of the advantage one edition may 
have over another, it may not be unwelcome, fhould this 
rrifle fall into the hands of any perlbn unread in our 
ancient dramatifts, and deiirous of having a b. dy of old 
fenglifh Moralities artd P.ays, as they have been collcfted ai.d 
fepublilked by our moft celebrated cd.tors, to be informed 
ihatthe folluvving (hort lift comprizes tl* beft and ran ft 
' ' '- ' . ' ' drama *^ 



156 APPENDIX. 

dramas, written before the reftoration^ in the Englilh lan- 
guage; with the effence of every thing* hiftoricaU critical,' 
and iiluftraiive, relating to ihem, t|>at has yet appeared;. 
part of Mr. VVarton's Hift. of Eng. Poetry, pubjifced 
ilnce, excepted. 

The Plays of WiHiam Shak^pcarc. 

By 3^o^V2cl Johnfon and George Siccvens, in lo volumes, 8vo. 

Printed for C. Bdthurft, &c. 1778. 

Supplement to the Edition of Shakfpeare's Plays, 

Publifhed in 1780. By E. Malone. 

In 2 Volumes 8vo. printed for C. Bathurft, &c. 1780. 

The Works of Ben Jonfon. By Peter Whal ley. 
Jn 7 Volumes, 8vo. Printed for D. Midwinier, &c. 1756, 
N. B. This valuable edition being very fcarce, I have 
the pleafure to announce that a new one, by the fame 
Editor, is in the prefs. 

The l>amatic Works of Beaumont and Fletcher, 
Id 10 Volumes, 8vo. printed for T. Evans, &c. 1778. 

N B. The name of th^ Editor is not given ; but I be- 
lieve vvc are beholdtn to Mr. Colman for this excellent 
and elepant edition. The notes fig ned R, I take to 
be Mr. Retd's. 



N 



f 



The Dramatic Works of Mr. Philip Maffinger, 
In 4 Volumes 8vo. printed for Henry Dell, 1759- 

N. B. There is faid to be an leditlon of the year 176 1 ; 
but it is only Del 's, with a new title-page, and an ex- 
cellent traft, by G. Colman, Efq; prefixed (firft pjab- 
liflied, 1 believe, with the annunciation of a propofed 
edition of Maffinger) , and preferved in the fecond 
Volume of Mifcellaneous and Fugitive Pieces, printe4 
for T. Dayies, called Critical Reflections on the 
Old £«f/(^ Dramatic Writers. 
Thomas Coxeter is the oflenfible Editor of this yarioufly-r 
^«itcd edition. 

This is no new ^tifice ; the firft edition of Paradife Loft 

(which the rage of party, an4 a depraved tafte, treated 

t witlj 



A P P E N D 1 X. 1^7 

with contempt, or at Icafl: difregard) has three different 
■title-pages, dated 1667, 1668, and 1669; and, ilill earlier, 
'thelTecond Folio edition of Spenfer, publifhed in 1611, 

was,republi{hcd.\^ith a new title-page, dated i6j7« 
* A iccond edition of Maffinger's Plays by Mr, Monk 
Mafon, was printed in 4 Volumes, 8vo. 1779, with a welt- 
wiitten life of the Poet, by the Puhli'fher, Mr. Davies. 

Thefe editions are mentioned merely as coi/edfiont of the 
works of this excellent poet : a third, by one or n&ore of 
the before-mentioned editorsofShakfpeare, the Supplement^ 
Jonfon, Beaumont and Fletcher, and the collection oli Old 
PlayK, being a'defideratum with the admirers of Majliogcr* 

Edward the Third, an hiftorical Plav, 
Pr.nted in Mr. CapePs Prolufions, 1760. 

The Origin of the Englifh Drama. By Thomas {Jav^iiiv 
1 in 3 Volumes, Piinted for S. Lcacroft, 1773. • 

^ix'Old Plays on which Shakfpeare founded his Mcafote 
' for Meafure, &c, 

in 2 Volumes. Printed for 8. Lcacroft, 1779. 
[' ■' A Seleft Colkaion of Old Plays, 2d editi; n, 

in 12 Volumes. Printed for J, Dodfley, 1780. 
N. B. This is Mr. Reed's edition tiefcre-meotigped. 

To thefe fhould be added that cxccllciit Theatrical Hifiory 
and.Vade Mecum, Biographia Dramatiea-^ or, a Companion to 
ihi Playhoufe^ 2d edition, by the fame editor as the fore- 

foing coUedion, in 2 volumes, 8vo. primed, fpr Me%s. 
Livmgton, &c. 178^* 

And, if the reader is defirous of tracing the progrpffion 
of fbme of our greateft Dramatift's pieces to that degree of 
perfedlirn which they attained, he wiil' enlarge his' c6l- 
IdSion with ' ' 

' Twenty of the Plays of Shakefpeare. Beipg the whole 
Nuiiiber printed irt Qi^arto during his life-time, pi' bcWrc 
the Reftoration. 

'By George SreeVeifis^Efq? 
in 4 Volumes', ^o; printed for J and R; 1 onfon, &c. 1 766. 

Be it obfervcd, however, that I fpcak^in general tepms. in 
my recommcndayjonof this comprehen%e lift ; 4 f?y that 

^ ' • '" ^ . .,, . At. 



h& edit* 

of 

Shakfpeare. 



it contains the tejt and rmejiy not a// the ^00^/aiid yJarr/ 
plays, written before the rcfforatiDn: an accurately' printed, 
♦and Well illuftrated 'edition of all James Shirley*s Plays in 
particulaf, would, 1 am bold to faj, be Very acccptaWc Xq 
the lovec§ of the drama. 

To refan>c my fubjeft* 
lo the old Moralities the F(t0l was called the P^cti See 
Dr. Johnfon's notes on 

** Like to the dd Vice/* Twelfth Night, 
and Vol. IV. p. ^62. 

*< A Vice Of kings.** Hamlet, 

Vol. X. p* 325^ - 
And fo lately as the year 1616, when Joofon^s Devil is an 
jf/s was firft produced, the Fpol of that play^ Impiety^ wa^ 

r called ^hat he literaHy is, a ^w As thefe different fla'mcl 
wereformerly given to nearly the fa'tie dramatic charadef^ 

. ta, I am inclined to think., and the cut in Stow warrant^ 
the fuppofition, Deati? znd ihcDevil were alfo. In the play 
juft mentioned (VoKiV. p# 114. Whalky*s edit, of Jonfon) 
Iniquity, the Ficej at the command of Srtan, the great 
DevHy takes up Pug, the Jcfs Devilj on his back, W beat 
him off 5 and fays, 

^ The Jevtl was wont to carry away tbe ^w/. 
But now the ivii ottt'Cairies the Je^iL'* 

A plain atlnfionr to th^ ufual cataftmphc, ot^ as wi now 
modMMyfay, denotietrtent, of the old moralities ; whereiii 
Ehaih or the Devlt^ w'hichever he hapjtened to be cal1<ld^ 
conflantly carried off the Vice^ Evily Fooli Ciowrt^ ot wiiatctet 

, ctfe. the buifeon cha^^£|e)r ^might be denominated. 

. . Dn Johnfofl fays the modern Punch in Puppet-ibews, is 
defpended from^ the Fice or ffioi. I am entirely of tijiat 
opinion; having often, in my childhood, feen the moralUiis 

. of .Baitholomcw-Fair; vwth many a hard-foucht battle be- 

[^ twccn Punch and the D^iJ, thofe doughty hetoes of the 
Smithfield-Drama : but I could not help |:hinkiQg that the 
Devil had not fair play ; for Puna's jvife^ Joan^ (a cha^ 
Tader I believe nn^cnpwn to the ancierns-r-Greek, Roman, 
or Engliih — whatever her facetious fpoufe might have been), 

• ^ifcld to lend her aifeftanee; and) With a. tongue like a larum, 
and. a wooden lidlc^; fcold and buffc* the pow Devil 4tfoft 
unmercifully. 

Uow 



' A P P i; N D TI «. ciS9 

. Hm it ufed to r€iid I f^JfgftJ; bll^ I ttioA ateo^i^^ 
bfitiwg Uic ineq#a4it)?, Jind uaftirocfs of j^O^ bcjtbbni-ijlg 
on% rhi^t Dame Poiich: Ibemed a migiii;jr igo^^drfQct o£;« 
Jpp4yj and tcK)k ii>fi|iitc pahw (npucb moin^ ith3a U ci^- 
iTugry now-a'-dl^y« ifnitfc iQTOC'Wivc3 totakt wht^ wcsr £nrr 

: clpatba) tp prevtQi; (^(ff i/rW^^fir or /Wo/^j iMiband £rotn 
gpingtothcDcyiJ^; . . 

The clown in Twelfth Night fay§, -> 

' ^ itKctoAlie old Vice, ' ' 

' Wiiaxv^th' dagger of kth, ; 
Iri iifs ra&B and his'wrath, 

* ^ ; Crifes, kfi;lfi! to the devlU^' ' 

. Jrr<jii^t^is w.c Ica^n that J?unch*i3 progeSjiitor vvas 06 pme 

/Toq\ wheni his blooi was upij any more than bis! hy«Qli- 

b^ck'd cjefcendant, and bis kwiug heJp-niat^.,^ , , 

As to the Dagger of t/^th^ I acn pf ppwqii.tb^ dwfg 
. tbciprogrefs of ref^nftajiexil; frpro VUexrxSvH^ ixom Evil Xo 
/tf^ from /^W to Of»ww^ and from Clm^n^to l^cky it b^s 
been confidcredas a<i^ (I^iclpom 9 and iFaicbf^Uy traifXcniued 
fjro^ fatit\Cry9/o% fiipip the days of " old yice" to tbofe 
Hiif y^ung Punchy .^nd pprbaps later; AK^y. qbao^iog ks 

* n^me ^p|d ^prm a lUtle pow^^nd-then^ accordjii^jto famions 
).aQ^ cUcidmilax^cea : •a;t o^ period it bt^me. a kftu^h^ 
] Goody loah, whofe beauty; and miWefs wou tbe hwrt aad 

hand <H enamevured Puxi^h, beiog a good boufewife, and 
! notpver-fond of toys and trinkets, cOAVcrtecj<itiotaa/«^; 
ijvith ivhiijh fb^ could either " keel the gflt,!* correftijer 
hu(b?iilfl, or drub the PeyiU ^^ 

* It feems now to have nearly regain^ its'pri^ginai (h^y, 
. 1^^ \s. aj]{>ropriat.ed to Uarkqmn; a cbar^^i^or.A^blQ^ (like 

Jp^n) ^^r barbarous anceftors were unaoq,uain»ed» wit|>» -. 
*, This;^iodern/^ir-fpr /^Whas, ever finoe u^ebaytjkQp^n 
bjnjj bec;n coBfidered-as one of Punches fainjiyv tbp«gh -in 
wb^tid^^p^ of conlang\;inky he ftaild5;^&^;nJ[^'lbclpefe, 
beici^ffcrtained: and ysrbQtb«cr be is , ij^ Jl^gjtiwate ^- 




affeSIonsi' and me,, in icor^fcquexicc tbeie^fjvlike aaotber 
' Pjcorajt^ Uyer^/tt^f flaic^kj'd whelp^^j fafwicot now- with 

<■■-'■'' ' ', ccrtai|ity 



6o A P P E N D I X. 

certainty be dctcrtnined : but, weft Harlfquin tried by 
a judge, learned in the ftatute and common law of tl^e 
drama, and a jury of his peers; who fhould difpafSoft- 
ately hear, and when fumm'd-up impartiaUy weigh the 
evidence on both fides j with the ftrong circumftances of 
hi» extra*natural power, his mamme.y, partly-'colotir'd 
habit, black vix, and wooden fword ; they would midoubt- 
cdly/«^him 

A compound of the Vice or Fooly and of the Devil. 

Tn the concluding note on. Richard 111. laft Edit, of 
Shakfpeare, it is faid, with regard to the Vice^ that ** Mr. 
Upton's learning only fupplies him with abfurdities.'* I wifh 
my ignorance may not do the fame by me ! 

I have drawn myfelf, I know not how, into a long- 
winded difquifition, that has riiarfe me leave the defeription 
of what gave rife to it (the dd cut in Stow) unfinlfhcd ; but 
I fear to fey more upon the fubjeft; left I fhould exhauft it, 
and leave nothing to fome ftrture circumlocutor : and yet 
(Ican*t refiflrthe impulfej I niqft bcfloW all mV tedioufnefs, 
** and 'twere ^ thbufand times ihore than 'tis. ' 

To proceed. The Fool ox Vice in the ©Id cut holds f6mp- 
thing with which he feems endeavouriui^ to ftri|ke Dir^i/iS ; 
but, y^ti\\\itz dagger of lath^ it is pendent from hfs l^airid, 
like a long, narrow, blown-up bladder; with,*4,beKeVcf,"a 
bell at the end he holds by : fit noify, inefFe<fttial Weapon 
for the empty, in onfiderate fool that wields it. ' Death hks 
no weapon that I can perceive ; yet was he ever,^' w6 ai-e 
told, in the ftage-moraH ties, ^s 'oh the ftage of real life, 
maugre flight, ftratagem, and drfence, the inevitable vidor, 
captor, and deftroyer ! 

It was cuftomary formerly for mean combatants to ti(c*a 
fand-bag inftcad of a fword or lance (Re Grey's' Hudibra^, 
Part III. Canto IF/Verfe 80, and' note; and Henry VI. 
ad Part, Vol. VI. p. 336. laft edit, of Shakfpeare); but 
I do n6t think this is the FooPs implement: if the bladder 
(as I conceive it to be) is filled with any thing befides wind, 
1 guefs (admitting Death and tHe Devil to bcf itt tbii tiatfc 
fynonymous) it is vinegar, to makb the Devil roar. 

See the Player's rcjeftcd fpcech, aiid notes tiicrepn. 
Taming of the Shrew. Vol. lil. p. 405. laft edit, of 
Shakfpeare, and Dr. Warburton's Diffeitation, Ibid. Vol, 
VII, p. 170. 

That 



A P- F' EN D IX. t6t 

"TKat thcfc figures weire copied from thofe of theatitient 
ftage, I think is paft a doubt ; that of Deatk (though the 
upper .part appears, as cuftomarily drawrt, an animated 
Jkeleton), having oh We legs a kind of boots or' ftockings, 
the tops of which. are op^'n and loofc about the knees. '• ^ 
Ideas become alhroft infeparably affociated in the mind; 
thefc boots have iayoluntarily fuggefted the image of Deaths 
on horfeback : doii't laugh, kind reader ? t. . , 

y A|id I looked, and behold, a pale horfe; and hfs;name' 
that fat on him was Death, and hell followed with liim.' 
^nd.powpr was given unto them over the fourth part of the 
^rtibji ,;0f kill \yitb fwor^d, and with hunger, and with death^ 
a^dVwith thfs beaiis of the fiirihv' 
-,. ) . , ^ Revelation of St. John. C. vi. v, 8. 

• I inufttakcthe: liberty to obferve, that the Englifh ver- 
fion of this paflage is ipf^rior not only to the Latin, bvit 
eyei^ta^th^ French jone; Death in the former having 
power gfvcn to kill with death: very inelegant furcly ! In 
' the two latter, by the choice of a different word to convey 
the intended idea, a difagrteable recurrence of exprefSon 
is avoided; and the perfonification (lands unadulterated. ' 

J This is the Latin verfion. 

^^ Ahimadvertique pallidum equum, cui qui infidebat, 
nomen habet Mors, quern fimul comitatur Orcus. His 
data poteft^s eft iat^riSdendi ad quartam partem terr«> 
jladio, fame, Utho^ ferifque terreftribus." 

Editlo noviffima, &c. Londini, 1750 
And this the French one. 

^* Et jc regardai, & voici un cheval fauve : & celui qui 
cftoit monte deffus avoit nom la Mort, & l*Enfer fuiyoit 
»pres lui : & iileur.fut donne puiilance fur la quatrieme 
partie de la terre, pour tuer avec I'efpc^ & par famine, 
l^par mortalite^ & par les beftes fauya|;es dc la terre,'* ' 

, Se vend a Charen^on, par Anthoine Cellier, t(>^i. 

Hellf the correfpondent word to Orct^^ ^nd En/ffy, %>uM 
haye^been- primed with a capital initial ^ as: th^y are in tl^c 
edition quoted; fo alfo fbonld mori hl^Mei^.bqen (|S^,;aboye 
exprefled ) in edition 1 7 50. , • U - 

The Englifh edition I refer to is that printed at Cam* 
bridge, 8vo. 1773. 

M ^\ax 



i^» A Pi B E N; Dr I 3^^ 

" TbU dc&ription of Death is (I think finely) dilated i« 
an old Froff Mardtity, called, ^^ jf DiaUgta boihe pl^afaunt^ 
4n4l ^tifuU^ wbiTiin is a goodly regwitnie againji the fever 
Pifiilinue with a conjoiacion and comfort againfi death. ^tvAf 
corredod by \yillyam BuUeyo, the autour thereof. \m^ 
printed at Loodon^ by Jbon Kingfton. Marcii^ Anao fa- 
lpti8,^564" 

A citizen (a charadcr therein) having flown from London 
frr fear of the Pefti.ence, with his wife and f<^rv^nt, it 
overtaken by Death ; whofe approach the fetTant thus warn^ 
Hin> of. 

** For the precious paflion of Chrift, let us run a^ie witlt 
fytit. I doe fe a fearfull thyng in the cloudes apperisg, sr 
blacky lene naked body, very long, ridying upoii a pate 
miferable foule jade, he hath alfo 3 cfartes in his leftt 
hai^de, the one is cole bfacke, the other blood red, and the 
third is a darke pale, he hath no flefh upon him.'* ' 

'. Note, the three horfes which precede that of Death in 
th,e Apocalypfc are white^ red^ and black. The citizen pre- 
fently after lays, ^* Methinke I doc fee the fearfall horfe- 
raan lighted in the valley. Oh ! wher fhal we hide us froit^ 
hym ? He cafleth forth his 3 dartes, and taketh them Up 
again. He is in a great rage : behold now he deflroieth 
mail and beafte in this valey ; he draweth nere, I knowe 
•him well, it is mercilefle Death jtnofi fearfull : I ama£raie4 
of i his prefenpe, he bend^th his blacke darte againft me, \ 
have no target to beare it of." 

iik%t r<^ne difiaouiie between the Citizen and Death, th^ 
latter (ays, 

, *^ 1 mulle diip^tqhe, and ftrike you with this blacke 
jdarte: I have moche btifineire to doc with the other tviroo 
Idartcs.'^ ' 

^ . ^* I will fmite thee with this pcftilcnt dart, ai IHave doeh 
\o many kingdomes, citees, and people, bothe man sihd 
l^aft. yong a^id old. With this pale dart, I will d^fttofe 
ipfinitcf nomberis with honger : ther Ihall perifhe for lackc 
n)f Hfoode \ v^ith this thirde dart, I will in ^sattaiit ilaie in 
^iijittiber, more thian the Starres-of heaven, and (^^eiaiyfeli 
^M<fed.* I fpatt not one, neither. Priotc nor feafawt, 
agj^ift whoni I doc /call this dart*'* ,.i -. - 

•*^'^' ' * ■ '' . ' ■ ' ■ • •' '^'\ "^ 



If tfly writings are worthy of being brought as parallels ' 
to the infpired ones, they are furely thofe of Spenfer at>cF^ 
Milton* in the fragment,' fortunately prcfervcd, of thfe 
Siventh Booke df The Faery Slueene^ is this defcription of thc'i 
♦^^ execrable (hape.*' 

** And after all came ^Ltpy and laftly Death ; ^ 
Diath with moil grim and griefly vifage feene^ 
Yet is he nought but parting of the breath ; 
Ne ought to feC| but like a fhatde to weene. 
Unbodied, unfoul'd, ^nhear(^, ynfeene." 

C^ntQ Vlh $tan2a464> 

And in Paradife Loft, this ftill finer one, 
<* ^ — ■. "' ■ » ■ . si 'the other ihape, ■ \ 

If Chape it might be caU'd that (bape bad none 
Diftinguiftiable in ftiember, joint, or limb, ' j 

Or fubftance might be callM that iiiadow feem*dj 
For each fecm*d iiither j black it flood as Nighty /' \ 
Fierce as ten Furies, terrible as Hell, 
"^ And fhook a dreadful dart ; what fecm'd his head 
The likenefs of a kihgly crown had Oil/ 
The monfter moTing onward came >' ' ■ ' ^ 
With horrid. Ilrtdes^ Hell trdmbled a$ hettrode^'V 

^ ^v^* V.666/fcqi 

To rcfume my defcription ^ th? 9W cut* 
The fcene of a£tion betweeil thefc unequal camb^ait^f 
in this (to me curious) veftige of 91^ ancient drama, is an 
extreme verge of earth ; fuch as one^ igpor^^nt of the world'f 
rotundity, might fup^ofe the utmoft fpot of ground^ a.ftep 
beyond which would be into the unknbwii abyfi. From thi ^ 
horizon to the upp^ timrt is a niodornal firmament ffudded .^ 
withftars. The figures are on the very btink of the abvfs $ 
and Deatk feems^ with aU his might, pulling the rbol 
iiHiDit. 

! la the upper pact of tht out, between the heads of thtf 
figures,, there Ira fpray pointing towards the Fool or Vice % 
and aa apple, g^wingii>n aihoot from the fjpray, pointing 
to Death. This device, though unconnefle4 with the 
a£lioa» or fcenery, i&i^ extraneous; it being, I conceive* 
the jpi£iured moral of this mute di'ama^ meaning, that 



i64 A P P E N D I X. 

when Folly or Vice it the Foliage, I^ath, and perchance At 
Devil, is the Fruiu 

I have already mentioned that a fcuU, or, as it Is vul* 
garly called, a death's-head, an hour-glafs, and a batubU^ 
are on the ground ; and, upon a re-coniideration of their' 
pofitions, there feems to be (as in the foliage and fruit) an 
emblematical do£lrine couched therein. The bawbli^ which 
I will fuppofe the type of human folly, and mortal vice or 
depravity, lies on the bare earth, with i\it face (like that of 
a corpfe) upward ; the death's-head is t^pon the bawbU^ grin«*^ 
ning horribly (fee Par. Loft, B. II. v. 846.) as exulting 
over the conquered caitiiF; which triumph yields to that of 
lU'Conquering Time ; iigniiicantly ihadowed under his 
conftant attribute tl^e hour-glafs, flanding. ereft on the 
death's-head. 

The nbfturnal abyfs, into which Death is dragging the 
Fool, may imply that the grave is dark and dreary ; while 
the ftars which have arilen may denote the refurreClion of 
the righteous to eternal light. 

The reader, When he has arrived at this period, if he is 
not tired before he reaches it, will, it is not unlikely, think 
of Butler's 

" Sage Philofopher, 
Who had read Alexander Rofs over,*' 
'- ^ HRidibras, Part I, Canto II. verfe i and 2. 

and conclude that I have, at Icaft, been poring over Rofs's 
Myfierm\ Whereih he reconciles, with admirable dexterity, 
the whole hfathen mythology to pure chriftian orthodoxy; 
and that I have, in im^taftibh thereof, found out meanings^ 
which were never meaht.^ 

The following exirafts.upqn the fubjeft of allegorical 
interpretation, and moialization, may not be unwelcom?.^ 

*< Salomon Glaflius, in the chapter Db Allegoriis 
FarulAjRUM in his Philologia Saci^a, written about 
the year 1623 cehfurcs thofe writers who aSisA to interpret 
mllegorically, not' only texts of fcripture, but »Hb poetical 
fables and prgphane hiftories, which they arbitrarily apply^ 
to the explication or confirmation of the myfteries of 
Chriftianity." 

Hiftory of Englifh Poetry, vol. III. 
Diflertation, p. 86. 
« Iji 



APPENDIX. i6s 

*• In this art [Mr. Warton tranflates from Gtaffius] cx« 
ceiled one Peter Berchoriusy a Benedi£^ine; f He died, anno 
1362.] who in a certain peculiar book [which Mr. W. fup- 
pofes CO be the Gefta Romanorum^j has expounded, myf* 
ticaliy and allcgorically^ the Roman Gests, legends of 
faints, <and other idle tales. Ibid, p 86 apd 87. 

'I'oward the conclufion of this Differtation, Mr. W, jays, 
** It may not be thought impertinent to clofe this difcourfe 
with a remark 6n the Moralisations, Tub oincd to the 
ftories of the GfiSTA Romanorum. This was an age 
{that in which they were written, or moralized j of vifion 
andmyftery: and every work was believed to contain a 
double, or fccondary meaning. Nothing efcaped this ec- 
centric fplrit of refinement and abftra£tion : and, together 
with the bible, as we have feen, not only the general hiftory 
of antient times was explained alle;:oricalIy, but even the 
poeticat fi£):ions of the claffics were made tofignify the grrat 
truths of religion, with a degree of boldn is, and a want 
of difcrimination, which in another age would have acquired 
the charafter of the moft propfiane levity, if not of abioliite 
impiety, and can only be defended from the fimplicity of 
the ftate of knowledge which then prevailed.*' 

Ibid. p. 04 smd 95« 

Should the reader, as I am afraid he will, tnink me too 
'defultory, 1 muft requell of him to keep in mind that this 
is merely an appendix ; profeffing to treat of nothing in 
particular, nor tied down to any other rule or form than 
what may be juft neceflfary to perfpicuity : this premifed, I 
once more refume my topic. 

The Clown's fong to MalvoHo, in Twelfth Night, con- 
cludes thus. 

" The old Vice 



&c. 



Cries, ah, ha ! to the devil : 
Like a mad lad. 
Pare thy nails, dad, 
Adieu, goodman devil." 
This laft line being generally thought df-fcitivc. Dr. 
Farmer fays he is willing to receive the common feeding 
of it : 

Ad feu, goodman drhiL 
and Mr. Steevens from the old tranflatioA a£ tj\^ i!l4%^^^W\^ 
^/9^, 9"otcf thispalTag^, ^^ ^^^^^ 



i66 A P P E N D f X. 

*< Away, filthic mad dnve% away !" 
as an authority for the word i and, it may be, the ftnfe o? 
it. See the tranflation, ca-led Memchmus. Six Old Pays^ 
Vol. I. the paiTage qi^oted occurs in page 130, and in page 
136 this queftion from the charaflcr it was Ipoken to : 

<^ Did you not meete me here even now, and would make 
me bcliwVe I was mad ?" 

To drivel^ and a driveller^ are words in common ufe ; the 
meaning of which is eftabliflied : Johnfon's Diftionary 
gives us alfp, on the authority of Sidney, a. drivii; i. t. 
a fool, ideot, &c. 

The word occurs alfo fubftantiyely Jn Tuffcr's Hufbandry, 
p. 128, where it feems fynonimout with tc;^^) it not 
being long, I will tranfcribe the whole paflage. 

"Baking. 
New bread is a drivcll, much cruft is as evil. 

New bread is a wafter, but mouldie is worfc. 

What that way dog catcheth, that lofeth the purfe. 
Much dow-bake 1 praife not, much cruft is as ill, 
The meane is the hufwife, fay nay if ye will.'* 

^' tf^ajioursy or pluriderers, derived their name from the 
'Latin term va/iatores\ and thence the niifchievous weapons 
with whi h they went armed, were called wajlers^ i. e. 
deftroyers." 

Part of a note in Vol. III. p. 410. Mr. Reed's edit, 
of Dodrtey's colleflipn of Old Plays. / 

I have brought thefe examples into one point of view, 'a% 
they may aflift in determining and explaining the laft line. of 
the fong in queftion ; the conclufion of which cannot be 
devil^ the correfpondent line 2kiO\^ xerta'in-y ending with 
that word : admitting drivel tl>erefore irftead, if it h ap- 
plied to Malvolio, it will fignify a fool or madman; ar.d if 
to the Devily (fynonymous, as 1 have before fuggcfted, to 
Death) a wafter and deftro^er. 

Hisving now rdng the changes upon the Vice and FqpU 
Death and the D&utl^ quite long enrugh (wh» ther harmo- 
nioufly or in difcojrd others muft pronounce) 5 I Will 

clamour 



AFP E N D I X: 167 

clfli^otir down the peal * with a word or tWo on thie m ft- 
celebrated reprefentarivci of the Fool or Clown. Who 
were mod famous formerly for plttyifig the Devil I do not 
know. I can trace the flatter no further back than to the 
time of Alleyn and Burbage : one of the moft^fhining cha-f 
laAers of the former being Barabas, Marlow's Jew of Malta 1 
and of Che latter Shakipeare's Richard IIL DeviU in hiH 
man fliape ! 

In fFiU Sedlam^ 16 1 7, I find the following Epitaph on 
Tarlet&ny the carlieft and moft celebrated Clown (exclufive of 
Cardinal Wolfey's Patchy and other dame/tic F^ol$\ w^ haVt 
any particular account of. 

On TARLtOM. 

Here within this fpllen Earth 

Lies Dick Tarlttm^ Lord of Mirth 5 

Who in his Grave ftiil^ laughing, ^apet 

Syth ail Cioumes fince have t|eene his Apes : , 

Earil he of Clownes to learne ftill fought ; 

3nt now they learne of him they taught. 

By Art far paft the Principall; 

The Cotmterfet is, fo, worth all." 

Sir Richard Baker in h$s Chronide fays, <^ Rpfcius the 
Comedian, is recorded in hiftory with (bch commendation, 
kt may be allowed us to do the like with fome of our nation. 
Richard Bourbidge, and Edward Allen, two fuch a£lors as 
AO s^e mud ever look to fee the like \ and to make their 

* Clamour down the peal. 

Like other dull, or unintelligible writers, J muA here give a 
comnientary upon my own text. 

When a let of Bell-ringers in a church-ftceple are ceafing their 
concert ; it not being poffible, I believe, to do it, as other mu- 
iicians do, inftantaneoully, they jangle the bells into filehce by- 
degrees % and this I think they call clam9uring them* 

bee Dr. Johnfon's note on Othello, p. 6 1 2, where he fays, that 
** to ci^Mp a bell, is to cover the clapper with fek, which drowns 
the blow, and hinders the found." 

On the death of a Royal pedbnage, or of a Bell-ringer (a 

'.lofs of equal confequence m the eftimation of the gentlemen of 

the clapper) it is cuilomaiy to ring what they call a dumb peal ; 

the bells, or the clappers in ^hem, being, at they term it, 

M 4 C<i^K«Av^\ 



t68 APPENDIX. 

Comedies complete, Richard Tar^cton, who for the Part 
called the Ciownes Part, never had his match, never tvHl 
iavi" Edit. 1653. P« 581. 

This never will have is a filly compliment, becaufe the 
truth of the alTertioh can never be afcertained by a com* 
parifon between the performance of a£tors, who live m 
century or two before and after each other : We mighty 
with ^ual propriety and likelihood of truth, fay the 
fame of foipe aftors of our time. The. latcly-dcceafed Mr. 
Vernon's performance of the Clovta in Twelfth Night, 
with the Epilogue-Song, which he fet to mufick him- 
felf, was fingularly entertaining ; the late luxuriantly-hu- 
mourous comedian', Mr. Shuter's wbimfical reprefen- 
tation of the Clown, Launcelot, in the Merchant of 
Venice, was, though very different in manner from the 
former, equally if not more excellent : and the prefcnt 
manager of Prury-lane theatre, Mr. King's aftina; of the 
Clown, ToucLftbne, in As you like it, is fo truly admi- 
rable, that, let the merits of former Cbmedians have been 
what they would, thofe who have feen fo perfeft a per- 
formance will not regret the impoflibility of comparing it 
with Tarleton's, or that of his immediate and celebrated 
fucceflbrs, Kempe and Armin. . 

With all due refpeft to the memory of thofe other great 
and accomplilhed avilors, recorded by- Baker, and extolled 
by the bcft poets of their time ; however excellent Alleyn's 
performance of the Jew, Barabas, might have been, I am 
of opinion that Mr. Macklin's performance of the Jew, 
Shylock^ (which charadler he continues to appear in now 
that he 18 above fourfcore years of age) is, or at lead has 
been (for I have not feen him in it latelv) equally fo : and 
let BurUage in Richard the Third, or K«tely, (which cha- 
ra£ter, from the arrangement of aftors' names in Jonfons 
edition of Every Man in his Humour, Folio i6i6, it is 
moft probable he performed) have been great or fine to 
whatever degree, nothii^g human furely could furpafs in 
thofe characters the Phoenix, the Paragon, Garrick ! 

To produce inftances of fupcrlative excellence within the 
reach of comparifbn. f 

What aftorievei: acquired a portion of celebrity bey nd 
that of Quin, in Falftaff ? Quin ! the contemporary of 

Betterton 



APPENDIX. 169' 

Bcttcrton * and Garrick ! whofc death, at Bath, feveral 
years after he had left the ftage, his furvivingi friend and 
quondam rival fo pathetically lamented, in his Prologue to 
The Clandeftine Marriage ; the Lord Ogleby of which 
pUy raifed ^4r. King to the fummit of comic excellence, 
which bis more recent great charafter, Sir Peter Teazle, in 
The School for Scandal, has eftablilhed him in the unri- 
valled pofleffion of. 

" O let me drop one tributary Tear, 

On poor Jack Fai/iaff's Grave, and Juliet* s Bier; 
You to their Worth muft Teftimony give; 
*Tis in your hearts alone their Fame can live. 
Still ^s the Scenes of Life will fhift away, 
The ftrong Impreflfions of their Art decay. 
Your Children cannot feel what yoii have knawn ; 
They'll boaft of ^uins and Cibbirs of their own.*' 

Which tribute to departed excellence was elegantly re* 
paid in Mr. Sheridan's beautiful Monody on Garrick f. 

The prophecy in the laft couplet, ** Your Children &€•*• 
Tias been amply verified ; for, loft as the charafter of Fal- 
flaff wa? thought, on the ftage, has not Mr. Henderfon 
rcftored it to the Theatre in its greateft luftre ? and, — the 
higheft encomium his performance of it could receive,— 
^id not Mr, Garrick, after his retirement, fit with delight 
to fee it? Yes 5 1 have beheld him. And what enhance! 
the compliment paid to Henderfon by Garrick is, that not- 
wiihftanding the wonderfully-fine fpecimen he ^ve of hi« 
own powers for doingjuftice to the charafter of ralftaff, in 
his recitation of the C5de on Shakfpeare, he never ventured 
to perform it, any more than that of Shylock ; which he 
fchcarfed in a moft mafterly manner, but which, fearful 
perhaps of being' thought fecond in it to Macklin, he never 
publickly appeared in. 

So far am I from indulging a mode of thinking like Sir 

* Ricfajfird Baker's ; that, although the theatrical favourites 

of my youth have left indelible impreffions on my mind, I 

* See the very affecting account of Betterton's Funeral, in 
thcTatler, No. 167, May 4, 17 10. 

4 Mr. Garrick's remains were interred at the foot of his be- 
levcd $|iakfpeare*8 Monument in Weftminfler-* Abbey. 

confefa 



i70^ A P P E N D I Xi 

cowfcfs inyfelf not ctoly fatisficd, but in many inftanccs dc- 
ligbtfd with the prcfet>t race of performers : and,* let who- 
ever might by deat'h Or retirement quit the ftage, inftead of 
faying with Baker^ ** nb age moft cvet look to fee the like,** 
} have always thought that by a judicious revival of fome 
too-long negledbd play; as of Philafter in 1763, wherein 
that theatrical phenomenon and luminiry, the late Mr. 
WUliam Powell firft appeared ; or by the produ^ion of neW 
p^ays, wherein juvenik, or hitherto-unnoticed veteran adors^ 
might be ihewn in advaetageous lights, thece would never 
be a meritorious foccelfion of performers wanting ; which 
opinion the late eflFulgem difplay of the heart-rending 
powers of Mrs. Siddons in Ifabella, &c. has <:onfinned nne in, 

Na longer tinerefore need we weepo*cr ** JuUetWh'xtXy* 
finceeven thofe vrh© felt the cflfeftsof, and yet remember 
the ailonifting perfornnance of the great and lamented a£irefs 
alluded to, even in Conftande, in King John, than which 
nothing could be finer, may a«d do juftly boaft that in the 
«ll-€harming Siddons they have flill a Gbber of their own/' 

My fubje(ft has inadv-ertentty betrayed me into com** 
|>sirifons, as far as circumftances and diftance of time weul^ 
periBit, of foiwc of the moll eminent performers that have 
graced the Englith Stage: What T have taken the liberty 
to lay of them is (compliment unintended, and adulation 
difdaiued !) the dilpaffionate rei'ult of my ftridly-fcrutlnized 
leatiments ; and, being fuch appoftte examples, the particu- 
larizing them was abfolutely aecelTary to my argument, in 
confutation of Sir Richard Baker^s ridiculous dogma ; 
Which purpofc being, I think, cfFeded, t ihould immc-^ 
ciia<ely quit the fubjed, were I not appreheniive that my 
not mentioning any other living perforiirers might be mil- 
roiiArued into a tacit difap^probation of fOQie of them \ or 
my remembrance of the delight I have fo often received in 
leeing them, be thought joit in th^ vortex Of admiration 
with whicli Mrs. Siddons i^ beheld. Let me^^ therefore* 
with wariiieft panegyric, fpeak of Mrs. Yates, Mrs. Barry 
(now Crawford), and Mifs Vounge j names fit to rank with 
. tnofe of Gibber, and the female Garrick, Pritchard 1 ^ 

Of comic aftrefle^, in Mrs. Abington we have another 
Oldtield ; in Mifs Farreii a WofEngtDn ; and in Mifs Pope 
a Clive. In Mr<i. Bulkley what propriety and gracefulnefs ! 
* in W^s. Brereton and Mifs Satchell what delicacy and feel- 
in-' * 



A PI P'E N » i: ± if I 

4iig! MrS/Mattocks, whit a lively Hoyden 1 Mn. WilfiMi,' 
what a pretty Abigail ; Mrs. Hopkins and Mrs. Webbdfteii 
dihiinilh our re^et for the retirement of Mils* Gftcn \ attd 
Mrs. Wrighten, pofleffing not only firft-^ratc cotoic powers^ 
but alfo one of the fincft voices ever heard, can receiv^ 
no higher praife than that of being named% 

Equal to any ador I ever faw, as far as his line eirttridsl 
U Mr. Pirfons ; his conception and eKpreffidn of Sir FVetfui 
Plagiary, in Mr. Sheridan's Critic, are as flrong ani 
mafterly as were Garrick's of Kitcly; and his " laughing 
without mirth" therein equally admirable : his drunkarciS 
jtoay vie with our lamented Rofcius's Sir Johti Brute, and 
ilia c^omic old men with that wonderful performance^ 
Sholcr's Corbaccio* 

Mr. Baddeley, who has great general merit, without 6*tt> 
fieppiiig ^* the modefty of nature" has gone a ftep beyond 
a&ing in the Ifraelite, Moies, in The Schc«>l for Scandal: 
ihit performance is alfo fuperlatively fine in tke Swifs, Can«- 
toriy in The. Clandeftine Marriage, and in various Fitjidi 
charafters. 

Mr, Wewitzcr is likewife very hapf^ in cliara£ter6, tite 
language of which is, to ufe Dr. Johnibn*s cver^xpfeSn^c 
woikls, ** diftorted and depraved by foreign pronunciattoiu" 

Mr. Moody's merit in Iri(h chara£lefa^ is almoft above 
praife ; efpecially when it is confidered that he i« equally «t- 
ccllcnt in the more elevated ones, Sir Callaghan O'Bratlagan, 
in Mr, Macklin's Love a-la-modc, and Major OTlahcrty 
in Mr. Cumberland's Weft-Indian, as in the fimpic ftrvan)', 
T^ague, in Sir Robert Howard's Committee, aod the 
wretched Bog-trorter in Mr. Reed's ♦ Reg ifteir- Office : he is 
alfo very excellent in the Englifli clown,Simon, inGarrick'a 
Medley of Mummery, Harlequin's Invafion. 

Mr. Egan and Mr. Mahon have conliderabtie merit is 
Irifli characters. 

Mr. lidwin (who is the beft comic finger we have hcard% 
Mr. Quick and Mr. Wilfon (both exce lent comic fingers), 
are very pleafant • an*! praifc-worthy Corned i^ins; thclatttr 
is too unfuccefsful imitator of Shutcr. Edwin^ pcrforraanfce 
of Lingo, in Mr. O'Keefe's Farce of The Agreeable Sur- 
priiie, is inimitably humourous. Tony Lumpkin in GoIfl« 
fmith's too^much praiied Comedy (if it deferves that tiattit) 

' ♦ This is noi the Editor of iht B'iog[%^Y{va^IhiMA>Lvc.\^U%. 



Mft APPENDIX. 

She St6cps to conquf r, and Tfaac Mendoza, in Mr. Sheri* 
4an's Comic Opera of the Duenna, have ranked C^iick with 
the foremoft of his contemporarifs ; and Don Jerome, in 
the fame Opera, has plticed Wilfcn next to the little Por- 
iugue^e. 

Mr. Lee Lewes is a very focceffcful imitator of oar 
}X\ucb-regretted Woodward (alas, poor B<.badil !) but, — 
ffiaviog given the praife due to Mr. Lee Lewes, and Mr* 
Wilfon, for prcffrving to us a fhadow of two fuch great 
cooiedians, — 1 muft obierve, that had all atlors, inilead of 
prefenting the genuine efFuiions of Nature, as working ia 
themfelves, only imitaud their feniors; in lieu of thofe 
ilriking origimls the fiage iuflly boafts of, there would have 
Wen nothing but copies^ ftiU fain-er and fainter, tranfmitted 
from the days of Tarleton, Allcyn, and Burbadg<*, to 
thofe of King, Macklin, and Henderfon. In faying that 
the el^aqt Abington is anothtr Odfield^ the genteel Farren 
IVoffington^ and the humourous Pope a Clive ; it muft not 
be fuppofed 1 mean that they are imitators ox copyijis of tJtioCe 
celebrated adrefles : in the two former inftances we know 
it is itnpoifihle; the perfons named together not having 
gifted at the fame period : and, though Mifs Pope may 
be, not improperly, liiled an e/ive of Mrs. Clive, me is no 
xnor^ 2in imitator of her predcceffor, tiian Sir Jofhua Rey^ 
.noldtf is a copyifi of Hudfon. 

Mr?. Abington*s performance of Lady Teazle in the 
School for Scandal, has been juftly confidered as one of her 
inoft capital exertions ; Mifs Farren is very little, if any 
thing, inferic r in this m* ft pleaiing charafter to her all-ac- 
compiiihed predeceflbr ; and Mifs Pope, in the charader 
of Mr?. Qandour in the fame piece, is, if 1 may fpeak 
niythologically upon the occasion, the Goddefs of Scandal^ or 
. at I aft Scania! p^rfonified. 

As a particular inftance of Mn. Crawford^s admiraUe 
execution in fonie chara^kr^, I will mention her Death of 
Jrpafia in Rowc's Tamerlane ; which was only to be com- 
pared to the rapidity of eleftricity, or to ** the lightning, 
.which doth.cerfc to be, ere one can fay it lightens.'* 

Mrs. Yates never appeared to more advantage than in her 

.pathetic and claifical recitation of Mr. SheridanV Monody 

; on Garrick. Her delivery of the divine fpeech on Mirc^ in 

' The Merchant of Venice^ is alfo a nnoft finilhed piece of 

Oratory. Mr. 



r- A P f £ N D I X- 173 

Mr. Yfttes ha$ been a. very fine coinedian: when Gar-^ 
rick played Hamlet, and Yates, at the fime time, the 
Grave-digger, it wa$ a difputed point which of the two Was 
moft excellent in his refpeflive charader; rtiing performers, 
and declining noemory or powers, in fome degree edtipled 
and obfcuredhis fame; but in Sir Oliver: Surface, in thatr 
great field for difplay of comic talents, The School fot 
iScandal, he again (hone with meridian luftre, r . 

Mr^ Sjtnith is a mpfl; defecvedly-admirixl aAor: in tra-^- 
gedy he is highly rerpe£t|ibl.e ; in. comedy eafy^ humorous, 
and vivacious; partiqulaijly in Charles Suctee, in the 
iaaie' admirable piece : nor do I think it too raa<th to fay* 
that in Archer, in Farqubar's Beaux Stratagem, lie ^celi 
even Qarrick; but of the two remarkabiy-oppbfite cha^' 
Takers ii^ that piece, Archer and Scrub, he can play only: 
Archer : Wefton, that ipatchlefs afibr of.fiMiplicity, and' 
thofe parts requiring the triieft humour (dryncfsand gravity), 
which,. while the audience is convulfed with laughter, (eemi 
^nconfcious of the caufe ; Wcflon, r fay, could, in, liW 
manner, of thofe twp cha^aders play only Scrub: andherda 
€i>nfifted a ren^arkable particular of Garrick's merit ^ al- 
though be could not play Scrub fo well as Wefton, he 
€Ould>accommodate hioifelf with equal facility to that, or 
to Archer; to Fribble or to Brute; to the aged Lufignaii 
and Leajr, or to the lively Ranger and juvenile School-boy« 
It is worthy obfervation, that although Wefton played 
Scrub much better than Garrick, he did n t play Abet 
Drugger quite fo well. 

Mr. Palmer poffefl'cs a verfatility beyond pny aftor (Mr; 
Henderfon excepted) now on the ftage ; his performanee of 
Joieph Surface, in the School for Scandal, is at leaft a re^ 
finemeot upon ading, ifuot a flight above it : and^ not^ 
withftanding the unequalled excellence of the late Mr. 
Love in Sir Toby Belch, in Twelfth Night, there is itiocli 
to praife in Mr. Palmer's exhibition c^ that charaAer 1 
nothing to reprehend., i\ 

It would he unjuft, even in thcfe curfory obfervati<^s, 
to confine my eulogium of Mr. Henderfon to the mefttioil 
of om character only ; although that were, as I think it 19; 
the one h?e excels moft in; for there are many of Mr^ 
Garrick*s moft favourite charafters which he appears -in 
with great credit to himfelf, and applaufe from the audience; 
5, "Csc^ 



titat ih which he has been thought «e «^roach At^ f)earef( 
tahia prc*deceflbr 18 Hamlet: and, if we ^i^^fe thil deck- 
SBAlory ikil! of Mr. Henderfon^a quaUty indifpenfably 
XQSceflary to the performance of thh» moft difficult chara£^et 
-Md the pathoi and phrenzy (tf lather h he an affum^d or 
sfai mado^fe in Hamtet is not hei<e a qutAion) of Garrick $ 
l think it mu fit lie aHowed thut howevei' (hort of him h^/ 
■lay fall in fom? particulars, in the one I have mentioned, 
atba^ be exceeds* him : and, as thofe ideas of perfeftibir 
which exift inihe mind (I m^an the nettt& approaches tor 
in wercan,eafioctte)are generally produced by a compofition 
mf feleded excellencies and beauties ; he who would form* to 
A^ilrtf' an JmIjo} of a f-rf»a H&mie^y muft, with the per^ 
¥^i0g meliinoholyy the filial piety, the fprightiimrfs^Af 'thfP 
gfiysr «paift%; the wildnefs of others, the fublimity of the'^ 
itiqii&$oned onesy &m! the nice difcrimihaiion of thfefe op-^ 
BOfite bm component chara£teriitics^ of this young prince^ 
which our inhtiitabk Garrick fo admirably difplkyed ; he, 
!|fiy, who would im^ine a p^rfeii Mamiety mnft add to 
^llNQifeih&'Oradamal povvxrs of' Mr. Fknderfon, and^he will 
'rten^ witk his **' mind's eye/* behdd fiich a Hamlet, aa 
with the <:orporeal one perhaps never has been kcn4 
• :Mt* HeodtfrloVimaliferly performance of Sir Gite* Over- 
ffiach, in Maffingcr's New Way to pay Old Ekbt?, has 
gvvena permaaency to tlie revival of that Gomedy at Co-^ 
tent-Gairden Theatre, which it could not obtain' aboile 
twpjye yefirs fince at Qrury-Lane Theatre; though^' per- 
formedin almoft every refpeft as well- as how^ the charadler 
^'SirGUea particularly excepted. 

y I wight h^^re with great propriety expatiate on the dra* 
matii^ niierit&.of .\{h. King, whom I have hithecto only fpokea 
of (ra:Aiij8/j^ijf asd.incidentally ; bi^, though nothing faid in 
^i&cofiimendatioA conld be ilattci^y, left k ihouldbe thought 
|0 by> the readeri of my dedication, I wilj impofe a difa*^ 
g$Qe$blfi^^epce:oQ myfelf with rcgaid to this eqmlty excellent 
Actor and Man. 

Mr, Benfley^ to the firiflcft |>ropriety in whatever cfea- 
aa£ler he undertakes, (generally panental ones, or thofe re- 
quiring weight and dignity) ftrong fecljng, and nervoiw ex-* 
ffTsffion, ad& the merit of being fingotarly exceHcntin the 
llAlafiicsyi Sfitwaid, Malvolio* 

• * ' •* Mr, 



A P P E N I X i^t 

Mr- Dodd is admirable in Fopt, Fribbles, and *Sir 
4^odrew Ague-cheek ; his performance of Old Keckfy, ia? 
Garrick's Farce of the Irilh Widow, is a mafler-piece. ; mik 
he ^eads in the ve.ry fteps o( his great prcdeceflbr ia A^^ 
^fugger, . . ' ' 

Mr. Lewis is a mc^ern Wilks ; 1 can nevev fee him wltli- 
ciit thinking of Sir Harry Wildair : how charming U Ix*^ 
in Doricourt, in Mrs. Cowley's B<?11^'« Stratagem 1 ik^ 
gave an early fpccimen of his great merit iii the cbl^radkc 
<)f Don John, in D*Avenant*s Comedy of The MafTt 
the Mafter ; and was moft delicately charafleriftic in tin^ 
SlaWf in Mr. Cumberland's unpuUilbed picxe, The Widow 
of Delphi* , :, 

Mr* Wroughton it a mcjft feeling and energetic ac^or ; h« 
conceptions of charafterare remarkably clear, his <leline>: 
atioa always perFe<S^, and his execution irequently oon-: 
Cummate : m the charader of Tht Bond/nan^ in Mailinger*^ 
play fo called, fae divided the palm with his friendly cunv^ 
petitqr, JL^is > ^^ *^ the Coui^t' Nartonne, iti CpL 
Jephfon's tragedy of tliat name, he "far furpaiTcrf the 'Sipii 
jfanguine expeditions : And Mift Younge in the Coume^f 
- — Oh, let us not, however juftly we niay adqiire anott^er^ 
forget her trantcendcnt exoelleti^e tbercin ! In Twelfct& 
^ight too, who ever heard Mifs Younge fpeak 

'* She never told her love,&c,** 
without almoft thinking he iaw the Itnaie of Patl^mf Jbli 
<lefcribed ^ . , . - . , 

Mr. James Aitkin is a very cflimable aflor ; poflcfling 
tio inconiiderablc portion of verfatility : he fuftains wiij 
.^cqaal propriety, the venerable Sciolto, in Rowe's F^ir, Pe- 
nitent ; the rafcal, Subtle, in Jonfon's Alchymift i the generous 
Englilh Merchant, in Mr. Colman's Comedy of - that 
name ; and the mere DV, in one of that excellent author** 
unpublifhed pieces, written in the ycry Jpirit of Jonroii, 
called the Suicide : lie IS alfo a very rcfpeflablc f^|bllitulc 
for Mr. Yates in Sir Oliver Surface. 

It k but juftice to remark that Mr^ Pakner*8 performance 
'of the Hero of Mr. Colman's laft-mertfioxltd piece is as fine 
(i apprehend) as the author himfelf co'uid vyifh : Itejs hke- 
, wife particularly excellent in F^ce, ib The Alchym'ifi. 
^ Mr. Francis^ Aickin,' brotnct to 'the before- m^nViOned 
ador of that name, i^avery valuable andjudidous pS:^ 
' -^ ' I .» : ' "^' • • • • fiou\\e.t\ 



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176 APPENDIX. 

former; the nicely-blended tints, the properly-varifcd co-. 
louring, he throws on that mafterly fketcb, the faltering. 
traitor^ Daggerly, in Mr. Cumberland's Comedyn (a ftrangc 
epithet for a play, two charadlers of which are conHgned to 
the gibbet !) The Walloons, denote the hand pf ah artift. 

Mr. Hull, Mr. Clarke, and Mr. Packer, are very re- 
ijpedable in the line to which they, modcftly confine them- 
ielves; tht literary talents of the former, and thofc of Mr. 
Macklin, arc an honour to their profeffion, I have heard that 
Mr. Henderfon is not deficient in thofe endowments, but 
he has. written nothing dramatic that I know of. 

Mr, King, whom as an author I cannot now avoid men* 
tioning, having given very pleafing fpecimens of hi^ literary 
abilities, will, it is hoped, favour the public with feme other 
produAs of his fprightly fancy; more particularly as hia 
prcfent lituation enfures that attention to his writings, which 
thofe of adors in fubordinate flations, might, hitherto at 
leaft, in vain expect : for, true it is, and with indignation 
I fpeak it, that while the flimzy, vapid, Abortions of Gen- 
TLEMBN-wRiTERs werc merctricioufly tricked out, puffed, 
and fupported ; and (pardon me, gentle reader, for fo coarfe 
a faying!) the fat fow greased with the profit thereof; 
the mature Off-fpring of Genius, if produced by a Needy 
Actor, whoni the emoluments arifing from a patronized 
j)iece would have eifentially ferved, have been fliamefully 
refufed ; or, if received, moft fcandaloufly negleded : and 
the ** fMr flayer J** who could not *' Jirut and fret his hour 
upon the ftagi^ with fufficient eclat to gain thereby a compe- 
tence, inftead of having his fancy foftered, and being cherifh- 
cd till his judgment ripened, left to *^ dwindle^ peak^ and pine** 
in ** Poverty, that numbs the soul with icy hand t** 
Had Shakspeare's early dramatic writings been defpifed 
becauie he was a " poor piayer ;'* or had he, when he be^ 
came a Manager, fupercilioufly overlooked, or flighted 
what the itinerant a£ior^ JoNsoN, offered to his Theatre ; 
their noble fpirits might have (iank under the contempt, and 
the World never feen thofe wonders of their pen, Lear, 
Macbeth, Othello ! the Fox, the Alchymist, and 
The Silent Woman ! 

Mr. Baddeley, I (hould have obferved before, produced 

an excellent Farce called The Swindlers^ for his Benefit at 

Drury-Lane Theatre,a few Seafons paft ; w»ich, like others 

im/ajtunare produSions of the PUt^n-s^ Mufe^ has lain by 

cver&ocQ unregarded* Vlv 



A P P E T^ D I X.; i?7t 

Mr.HoIcroft, having quitted the ftage, does not properly- 
come 'within the bounds of thefe oblervations : yet Pmuft , 
fay, that the fifth^<ft of his entertaining and inftrudive 
Comedy, called Duplicity, produced laft feafon at Covent- 
Garden Theatre, he being at that time an aSor at Drury- 
Lane, is a maflerly piece of writing, and had a very fine 
efFeft in the reprefentation. 

The foregoiirg free cenfure muft not be miftaken for a 
rude, and undiltinguifhing inveftive ; as if I thought tlwfel 
advantages of a more liberal education, and freer commerce < 
with the higher ranks of life than Aftors can often boaft of, ; 
fhould incapacitate thofe Gentlemen, on whom Nature has 
bellowed an enlarged and comprehcnfive mind, for producing; 
works that might be an ornament not only to the Stage, bi|t; 
to Literature in general : the contrary is well known. 

I allude only to thofe *' unbodied^ unfouCd^^ Nothings,- 
which, had they not been recommended by a Lord^ or a> 
Laced Coatj would, inftead of excluding pieces of merity> 
have ftill remained " unhear'd, un/een»^^ i 

Neither do I think that, becaufe a feW Aftors have writ- 
ten Dramatic Pieces of great merit, of courfe all muft; 
fome of them, fo far from writing, are not, 1 fear, fuf- 
ficiently attentive to readifig : and others may attempt to 
write without any, or with very (lender abilities. ; 

I would only be underflood to mean that if a Player, be, 
his rank in a Theatre what it will, produces a Drama, it 
fhould have (if not, as the profeffion of its author feems to 
demand, a preference to thole produced by perfons not of 
that defcripcion) at kaft an equal degree of attention paid 
to it, if deferving thereof, as to thole written by the richeft 
or moft exalted. 

The nominal diftlndlion I have made between Gentlemen^ 
writers, and P/^y^r-authors, has been merely to diftinguifh 
between the two claflfes of Dramatifts, of whom 1 was 
fpeaking ; not becaufe I thought an A£tor, if in his man* 
ners a Gentleman, the lefs lb on account of his Profeffion. 

To return from my digreffion, and conclude what I havd • 
to fay about Adtors, conlidered merely as fuch. 

Mr. Brereton has lately gained a firft-rate place in the 
eftimation of the Public; and the A«5tor who can (as he has 
done) play JafEer with great and deferved applaufe, while Mrs* 
Siddons captivates all hearts in Belvideri^, need n»t fear, fo 

N Na'^'^ 



f78 APPENDIX. 

long as he d>ntinuet fo poflTefs a laudable emulation, tlitf 
maintaining fo defirable a pre-eminence. 

I have not particularized any inftance of the wonderful^ 
flcill of Mrs.- Siddons;^ { think het performance of the mad 
feene, in the char^Aer juft mentioi^ed, at leaft as fine as 
was GarrickV affonifliinglj^ great one of tht madnefs of 
« Old Lear.*' 

Mr. Farren*s very fuccefsful cflTay in Othello, thoagh Mr. 
Barry's fine performance of thatcharafleris-fo^frefli in every 
mind, is no trivial earneft of what great things itiay be ex- 
pcAed from him.. 

Mr* Bannifter junior, is equally a ftivourit^ witli Thalia- 
and Melpomene i he is^ affedingin Oroonoko, whimiical in 
the Apprentice. 

Had Mt. Bannifter fenior (v^hofe merit as a finger if 
pre-eminent) never played any other chatader than that of 
Caliban, he would, by fo capital, fb unique, fo unparalleled' 
m performance, have deferved to be ranked with the fore-^ 
snoft. 

Mr.Sucte, Mi*. Palmer junior, and Nf^. Bates junior, are 
very pTomtfing Comedians ; the mufical talents of the former 
are confiderable. 

Mr. Wrighten and Mr. Fcaron^ are extremely happy in 
fome peculiar, ftort charafters ; e, g. the fonBer in- the pw 
ritanUal P$rter to the Committee in the Comedy of that 
name, and the latter in the fulUn Saihr in Mr. O'KecfcV 
Farce of The PoGtive Man. 

Mr. Burton, Mr. Fawcett, Mr» Stevens, and Mr. Jones, 
have merit in low-Comedy. 

As have Mr. and Mts^ Whitfield in genteel cbarafters, 
Mrs. Pitt is an excellent Old Ti^omsn. 
Mrs. I^ve is alfo a very good one. 
And Mr. Booth's charafteriftical performance of LonJ 
Froth, In Congrcve^s Double Dealer,^ entitles hirh t6 be ft-' 
parately noticed. 

There arc many other minor performers of both feitet 
(eicclufive of fe^'cral fingers, whom I have not particu* 
hrized, fome of which poffcfs very eftimable dramatic 
talents) worthy of being mentioned ; but a mere enume- 
ration of names, wouhl afford neither entertainnlent* nor in-*' 
formation ; inftc^d, therefore, of giving a lift o^ thofe now^ 
in being, who, though extremely ferviceablfj anA?bfolutely 

noceiTiiry 



APPENDIX. 179 

icceflary in a Theatre, arc pr^ented by defefts of voice, per-? 
fon, or genius, from being eminent performers ; I will fay a: 
few moi*e words a:bout an aftor ** of the times of old," wha 
18 generally faid fo have been a Very indifferent one ; I mean 

WILLIAM SHAKSPEARE; 
andf in fomd degree endeavour to account for it. 

There is a circi!nnftance relating to Shakfpeare, i^hich j 
We not obferved to be remarked by any one who has writ- 
Utn concerning him ; that is his lamiwfs, whidi he nienr^ 
iUmi in bis 37th fonhet. 

•* As a de&epit fdthcr takes delight 

To fee his aftive child do d^s df ycfbth, 
Jro I, made lame by fortune's deareft fplte. 
Take all my comfort of thy Worth and truth.*^ 
And again in his 89th fonnet. 

^ Say that thou didft forfakc me for (bme if^ultj' 
And I will comment upon jthatoSence : 
Speak of my hmtnefs^ and I ftrait will A^i/f y 
Againfi thy reafons making no defence*'* 

If this lamenifi is to be taken (as I beliefe it iFvas Aeant) 
literally, it i6ay fcrve as a very fofficient reafon, togttlier 
^\^ his having perhapis but an indifferent voice % vrby 
fihakfpeare could not be an eminent a^r. 

Our Poet is knovvn to haVe performed Adam ih As jou liki 
it ; and I cannot help thinking that in vtrriting thie play» 
fiaving intended the part for himfelf, he has twice jn the ad 
aft adverted to his oWn pcrfonal defeft : the firft time ill' 
e fpcech of Adam's. 

•* When fervice (houfd'in my old limbs lie lanii!* 
And aft'erwatds in a fpeech of Orlando's, 
" There is an old poor man. 

Who after me hath many a weary ftcpr* 

Limped in pure loVe/* 

* In Dr., Lodgers Wits mfertii and the Worlds madnejpeydlfcoverif^ 
iht Dtndh imamdt of this agi^ Afxu i$9<^» i^ \^ ^^i^ ^^^ Hati'Virtuey 
6t Sorrow fir another mans good /ucajh^ is *• afiule luhher^ apd looks 
as pale as the Viegrd of the Ghoft^ [Shakfpeare's moft capital cha- 
radter at that time on the Stage] which cried fo mifenibly at th« 
Tfhflitife,' like an ©ifter-wife, Hdmkt rtwuft? ^ . . 



( 



i8o APPENDIX. 

Which laft feems to me particularly defcriptivc 6f Shak-^ 
fpearc's baiting or limping ga'it. 

In his 37th f. nnet there is a^lfo an implication of hii 
being poor and defpifed\ and m his goth fonnet he fays, 

** Now vvhilc the world is bint wy deeds to crofi!^ 
what misfortunes in his hfe he theri in alludes to, it is now 
in vain to" enquire; or, if he really was lame, to whit ac- 
cident it was owing. 

Unlefs the Hft of Old Editions of Shakfpfcare^s Poemf, 
p, 240. Vol. I. laft edit, of Shakfpeare, is mifprinted, I have 
a copy of Venus and Adonl, and of the Rape of Lucrece^ 
which the Editor had not then met with ;, the title-page of 
the latter, with Quarle's Banifhnient of Tarquin annexed, 
being dated 1655, and that of the former 1675, havrrtg z 
wooden cut of Cupid with his Bow failing to the ground *. 

In Mr. Malone's Supplement. Vol. 1. p. 49, and in Mr. 
Reed's Edition of Dudfley's colkaion of Old Plays, VoL 
XII. p. 414. the lofs of the celebrated aftor Edward Aueyn'ji 
Diary is mcntit>nerf with natural regret. It is with peculiar 
pleafure that I affure the public it has been found ; the pre- 
fent Mafter of Dulwtch College having done me the favour 
to Ihew it to me ; and \ have alfo the pleafure to acquaint 
thofe who intereft themfelves therein, that in addition t6 
the extra£ls from it in the Nates to the 2d Edition of Old 
Plays, a further impartment wHl be ihortly made for their 
greater fatisfaiiion. 

To this piece of no-doubt pleafing information I cannot 
help fubjoining a wifh that foiiie eminent artilt would 
oblige the would with a Print of Edward Allcyn, from th^ 
whole length paiating of him, now in the college; he founder! ; 
left fome accident fbould deprive pofterity of (I believe) ihe^ 
only portrait of him now in being. 

I think I cannot take my leave of Alleyn and his con^ 
temporaries in a better manner than with the following cx- 
tra(^s from a little iraft on the fta;^e, printed 1 670, faid' to 

♦ In The Anatomie of the Englijh Nunnerie at L'fioUf by Thomas 
Kobinfon, 4to, London, 1623, fe the following pafiage. ** Then 
after fuppcr it is uf nail tor him to reade a little of Fenus and Adonis^ 
the jefts of George Pede^ or fome fuch fcurrilous booke, for there 
are ^ew iile paniphletd printed in Englai.d, which he hath not la 
*' hcuiCt" 

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APPENDIX. i8i 

bavc been written hy Sir Richard Baker; called ** Theatrum 
Triumpham^ or a Discourse of Plays j" and,' in the firft 
page, " The Threatrc vindicated, or an Anfwcr to Mr. 
Prins Hiftrio-Maftix." 

In reply to fome puritanical invcftives againft the ftage 
^ Prynn, Baker fays therein, ** He would make us believe 
That all the attraSfive power in Ploys^ to or aw Beholders^ is 
tmerly from fcurrility : as if it were no Play; at leaft no 
pleafing Play without it. Wherein, befidcs his prejudice, 
he may be made to cqnfefs his ignorance : for let him try 
It when he will, and come himfelf upon the Siage^ with all 
the fcurrility of the Wife of Batf^y with all the ribaldry of 
Poggius, or Bcccacey yet I dare affirm, he fhall never give 
that contentment to Beholders, as honeft Tarltortdid^ though 
he faid never a word. Arid what fcurrility was ever heard 
to come from the mouths cf the beft /flours of our Time, 
Alleriy and Bourbidgef yet, what Piays wefe ever fo pleafing, 
as where their p^rts had the greateft part ? Let him there- 
fore keep his fcurrility to himfelf.'* P. 33. feq. 

** He [Prynn] feems to pleafe himfelf with a Reafon ; 
that if Piays were good SchoUs of Virtue^ hew Jhould it happen^ 
that Players^ and the Frequenters of PlaySy are commonly thg 
worjly and moff vitious men ? As ihough there were not many 
as honeft, and wife as himfelf, that go to fee Plays ? I may 
juftly fay as honeft, feeing no difhoncftie is greater, than to 
condemne men, whom he doth not know ; and I may as 
iuftly fay as wife, feeing no Follie is greater, than to be 
bufie where he hath nothing to do; and to be fo Cenforious, 
where he hath no Authority." P. 46. feq. 

•* Hath not Lucian recorded one Lejhonax^ an honeft man 
of Mytilene^ who being a great Frequenter of Plays, was 
wont to fay of Hin^feif, that he never faw a Play, hut he r/- 
turned home a better' man than he went out? And what hath 
Cicero recorded of Rojcius, who was a famous Player him- 
felf, and no lefs a famous honeft man ? Ut cum dignjjimus effet 
Scana propter Ariificium ; etiam dignijftmus ejfet curia propter 
ahjiinentiam. That his very Adverfary durft not fpeak of 
l^iin at the Barr, without this addition, ^em honoris caufa 
Nomino. And left he ihould fay, that the Schole of Plays 
is degenerated, and grown worfe, fince that time; have we 
not feen in our time, a famous Scholer come out of this 
Schole ; Edward AlUn a Plaver himfelf ^ Famous as well for 

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i82 APPENDIX. 

his Hmiftyy as for his ASllng : and who hath left behimf 
him, a worthy fcftimony of his Chrj/lian Charity, to all 

g)fterity ? And who doubts, but amongft the Spedatours of 
lays, we0iay find nany' like to Ltfionax ? and amongft 
l^Uyers themfelves, feme like tp Rofcius ? So, I may fay in 
their Defence, as Cicero faid in Defence of Rofciu$i Nifi 
iofdeniy tst Adverfarios^ Cff Teftti habeanty nob vincant : that 
there never was poor Book made the inftrumcnt of fo im- 
pudent a ly, fo notorious a fcandal, a$ this Hiftrio^MafiixJ* 
P. 47. feq, 

Prynn*s defcrvcdly-ignorninious punifhments (he having 
his ears cut o(F by the common hangman ; fewed on again, 
and cut o(F a fecond time) for his libels and fcurrilities, are 
fufEciently notorious. 

In the Puritan, or the Widow of Watling-ftrcct, Mr^ 
Malone*s Supplement, Vol. II. Corporal Oath fays to the 
Puritans, p, 547. 

** Why how now. Puritanical fcrape-lhocs, flelh o' Good 
Fridays ?'* 

and p. 550. 

•* Thou church-peeling, thou holy paring, religious out- 
ude*'* 

And the Puritans to each other, p. 550 and 551. 

" Say that I am gone to a faft, with Matter FuII-belly 
the mincer/* 

** Mafter Full-belly ? an honeft man : he feeds the flock 
well, for he's an excellent feeder." 

^^ I have feen him eat a whole pig, and afterwards fal) 
to the pettitoes.'* ^ 

I do not give the following as a comment on, or parallel 
to, the writings of Shakfpeare, whofe play nobody fuppofes 
the Puritan tP be, but as a whimfical curiofity, I believe not 
in print, which I have, written in a very old hand in one 
of the blank leaves of a book, dated, IC67. 

The 4th, ^th, and 6th, loth, iith, and 12th lines feern 
to be the Puritan's rep'ies to the interrogatories. 
*^ Say Purelbye yf it fhould come to paffe, 
That thou muft fee a Play or heare a Mafic, 

which would'ft thou chufe ? 
Surely it bcfitteth a Chylde of Grace, 
To doc in fuch a cafe, 

as the Spirit (hall infufe. 

But 



APPENDIX. 183 

But fay aggyne yf in thy Frydaye's Difh 
Thou chance to meet a Capon and a Fifh| 

which wduldft thoa eate ? 
Capons are for the Babes of Grace, 
Give finful creatures Lyng and Place, 

and fuch fuperftitious «neat# 
See here a Puritan Catechyfde aright. 
That hath a conftant Gutt and wavering Sp'ritc'*. 
And with thefe I wilt take my leave of Mr. Pryna. 

In the laft Edition of Beaumont and Fletcher, theadver*- 
tifemcflt prefixed to The Tragedy of R9U0 Duke ojf Normgndy.^ 
iaye, 

** The co'Timendatory Verfes by Gardiner and Hills 
afcribe this Play wholly to Fletcher, an^ his name alone 
appears in the title of the firft copy we meet with, which 
was printed at Oxford in 1640, under tji^ name ve have 
adopted ; inftead of which the Editor of the fecond folio 
calls it, * The Bloody Brother; or, Rollo, a Tragedy i^ 
which, variation the fubfequent Editors have followed.** 

In the lift of Beaumont and Fletcher's Wpr^si, Plographia 
Dramatica, laft edit. Vol. I. p. 18. 

No XV. is Roth. T. 1639, 4to. 

and in the 2d Vol. p. 312. of that work. 
No CVI. k kollo, Duke of Norm* Jy Trag. by John Fletcher^ 
ASled by his Majejl/i Servants^ 4/^. 1640, 

I have two copies of this pUy, both printed in London^ 
and both dated 1639 % the title of both whicb is only The 
Bloody Brother, a Tragedy. By B. f. F. The fong in the 
feeond a£i is entirely wanting in one of thefe copies, and ia 
the other it is not in its proper place^ but is printed on the 
back of the Dramatis Perfona. In the title page of the 
latter is written (by, apparently, no modern hand) under 
the initial B, Beaumt. and under the F, FUicbir. I am 
thus particular, as thefe minutiae may tend to a proof that 
Beaumont was concerned in writing this play* 

The Woman Hater is faid in Biographia Dramatica, and 
laft edit, of Beaumont and Fletcher, to have been printed 
in 1607, and (with anew Prologue by Davenant, and the 
additional title of The Hungry Courtier^ fays the advertife* 
nient in laft edit.' of B. and F.) in 1649. I have a copy 

N J. ^t 



i8+ APPENDIX. 

of this flzf with thefiift title only, and without Davenant't 
Prologue, printed ib^S. The pages of this copy arc di- 
vided into columns. 

The Editions of Shirley's Grateful Servant mentioned ia 
Biographia Dramatica, are thofeof 1630 and i66o. I have 
an intermediate one of 16J7. 

Thefe trifling memoranda may not be unpleaiing to future 
Collators and Commentators. 

Dr. John Ton fays in his Life of Dryden, ** about this 
time, in 1673, Dryden feems to have had his quiet much 
diflurbed by the fuccefs of the Emprefs of Mjrocco^ a tra-^ 
"gedy written in rhyme by Elkanah Settle; which was fo 
much applauded, as to make him think his fupremacy of 
reputation in fomc danger. Settle had not only been prof- 
perous on the ftage, but in the confidence of fuccefs had 
publilheJ his play^ with fculptures and a preface of de- 
fiat cc.'* 

And a little further, 

** Settle's is faid to have been the firft play cmbelliflied 
with fculptures; thofe ornaments fccm to have given poor 
Dryden great difturbance." 

The Maid's Tragedy, by Beaumont and Fletcher, 4to, 
1641, (the earlieft edition I have feen) has a cut in the 
title-page, reprefenting the combat of Amintor and Afpatia. 

There is alfo a cut in the title-page of the Spanifh Tra- 
gedy ; or Hieronimo is mad again, 410. 1618. 

A copy of which is given in Mr. Reed's edition of 
Dodfley's Old Plays. ^ 

In Biographia Dramatica, Vol I. p. aao. Article Thomas 
Hey wood, it is faid, " Thofe of his Works, which are to 
be met with in print, are as fo lows." 

In which lift the title of a Play of Hey wood's does not 
' occur, which ha% been in print, though perhaps it is now 
left ; for in a volume of P leaf ant Dialogues and Drammas^ 
by Tho. Hey wood, 1637, ^^^^^ ^s 

*' A Prologue to the Play of ^een Elizabeth^ as it was 
lart revived' at the Cock-pit, in which the Author taxeth 
the moft corrupted copy now imprinted, which was pub- 
Iflied without liis confcnt." 



"PRO-. 



APPENDIX. iSj 

« P R O L O G U £• 

• « Plays have a fate in their conception lent, 

Some fo fhort liv'd, no iooner (hcw'd, than fpent ; 
But borne to day, to-morrow buried, and 
Though taught to (peake, neither to goe nor flaod. 
This : (by what fate I know n t) fure no merit. 
That it difclaimes, may for the age inherit. 
Writing *bove one and twenty ; but ill nurft. 
And yet receiv'd, as well perfonnM at firfti 
Grac't and frequented, for the cradle age. 
Did throng the Seates, the Boxes, and the Stage 
So much i that fome by Stenography drew 
The plot ; put it in print : (fcarce one word trew :) 
And in that lamenefTe it hath limp't fo long. 
The Author now to vindicate that wrong 
Hath tooke the paines, upright upon its feete 
To teach it walke, fo plcafe you fit, and fcc*t.** 

« E P I L O G tr E. 

•* The Princefle, young Elizabeth y' have fccne 
In her minority, and fincc a Queene, 
A Sub;e6V, and a Soveraigne : in th* one 
A pitticd Lady : in the royall Throne 
A potent Qjeene. It now in you doth reft 
To know, in which (he hath demeand her beft.** 

Perhaps the Dialogues and Dramas in this Volume, of 
which there are above twenty, are to be reckoned among 
the two hundred and twenty pieces which Heywood fays in 
the Prologue to his Engli/h Traveller^ he had an entire hand, 
or at leaft a main 6nger in. See Biog. Dram. V. I. p. 2x9. 

Having, among the various Mysteries and Moralities, 
whether original impreffions, reprinted, or defcribed only 
by thofe writers who have given any account of thefc 
Embrios of the Englilh drama, never met with or read of 
any other copy of the Diaiogue, or Morality, by 
BulUyn^ than the one from which I tranfcribed the para- 
phrafe on St. John's defcription oi Death -, a further account 
of, and fome more extrads from it, with concomitant one« 
from modern authors, may nut be unpleafing. 



■J 



j86 a P P E N D I X. 

It is printed in the black letter, a few particular parts ex* 
cepted, in fmall 8vo. containbg 208 pages ; the title-page 
(a copy of which I have already given), epiftlc dedicatorie, 
addrcfs to the reader, the Dialogue, two letters in Ertglifli, 
two in Latin, and the table of contents included ; of which 
the Dialogue occupies 184 pages: one page only (the 
back of the title-page) is blanks and on that facing the 
beginning of Xh^ Dialogue is a wooden cut, reprcfenting a 
Ikeleton (or Death) leaning upon a fpade ; and over it thi^ 
feptence, ** gloriofor ci\ quam mala vita.*' 

The corner of the leaf on which is the cut U wantipg ; 
I imagine the word Mors was on it : which would make the 
fcntence more complete, e. g. 

Mors glorioibr eft quam mala vita. 

Or the hieroglyphic of Death might be put inftead of the 
word^ 

Previous to the commencement of the Dialogue there i| 
a Dramatis Perfona drawn out in the following manner. 
*^ The interlocutours are twelve perfQnes, 
|. Mcndicus. r Chrifpinus. 

\ Civis. \ A varus, 

L Vxon *- Am bo dcxtcn 

{Medicns. rMendax. 

Antonius. -| Mors. 

Roger. ^Theologus." 

Dr. Johnfon, in his remarks annexed to The Merry 
"Wives of Wiqdfor, fays, 

«* Whether Shakfpcare was the firft that produced upon 
the Englilh ftage the efFcft of language diftorted and de- 
praved by provincial or foreign pronunciation, I caanot cer- 
tainly decide." 

To which Mr. Steevens has fubJ61ncd. 
" In the Thre^ Ladies of London^ 1 584, is the charaSct 
of an Italian merchant, very ftrongly marked by foreiga 
pronunciation. 

In fcveral other pieces more ancient than the earlieft of 
Shakfpcarc's, provincial chara&ers are introduced." 

Sec laft edit, of Shakfpcare, V. I. p. yjn. 
This Dramatic Dialogu£y printed fo early as 1564, is a 
confirmation of what Mr. Steevens fays j the following is 
the beginning of it. 

*' Mendicuu 



APPEND I S; It; 

** Mifidicui. 

God fave isy gud Maimer and ^4aiftre$, the barnes, and 
^11 this haly houfhade, and (hildo you from all doolie and 
ihem, and fcnde you coroforte of all thyngcs that yoa 
waud * have good of : and God and our dere leddie, (hilde 
and defend you from this Pefte* Our father whiclic art in 
heaven, billowed bee your name, your kyngdomc come^ 
VQur will bee doen in yearth as it is in heaven^ ^c. 

Gvit. 

Me thinke I doe heare a good mancrlie bf^ger at die 
doore, and well brought up, how revei«ntly he faieth his 
Patir noftetj he thoues not Gob, but you hym, f Gods 
bleiling on his hart. I praie you wife, give the poore mail 
fome thing to his diner. 

Sir, I will heare him faie the Lordes praier better, before 
I give him any thing. 

* Th^ reader is requeued to compare this northern pronun* 
citaion<UMm^ for ^oM with the propofed reading of yc«ifi for 
/cald^ as a rime to Maud, in the fupplemeatal notes, p. 136. 

f he tboms not God, but you hion, Ac. 

1 fancy we (hould read he tbomts not God, hxxiyws (or youee) 
him, i. e. he does not ineverently ufe the pronoun thou^ but the 
niore re^edfal one you^ when he is fptakiiig of God. 

The Citizen feems of the Attorney-general Coke*s opinion with 
regard to this part of fpeech ; fee Theobald's note on *^ if thou 
/;??<?«^ him fome thrice" Twelfth Night, p.- 2 3 fT vol. iv. laft edit, 
of Shakfpeare. The Quakers on the contrary hold thee and then in 
great eftimation, conflantly ufnig them inltead of you. 

Why this Beggar was made to vary from both thr Englifh and 
Scots eflablifhed modes of reciting this mofl comprehenfive of all 
prayers, I cannot imagine : in the former, both in the New Tef* 
tament and Liturgy, it is Hallowed be 7hy Name. Thy Kingdom 
come. Thy Will be done. And iii the latter it is Halloait be 
Thy Nairn. Thy Kingdum cum. Tfjy Will be dun. See Tranf- 
lation of Mallet's Northern Antiquities, 8vo. 1770, preface, p. 
a8, and Gordon's Geographical Grammar, 8vo. 1748, p. 199. 

One variadon from the eflabliihed mode of repeating this mod 
beautiful prayer I could wifh legally and generally adopted ; viz. 
the imperfonal pronoun w^/V^ ** Our Father, ivhich art in Heaven'* 
to be changed tor the perfonal one ivho ; e. g« Our Father, *wh9 
|irt in Heaven, &c. 

Civis. 



i88 APPENDIX. 

' Chis. 

What a reconying is this } Dame doe as I commaut^de 
you, he is poore, wee have plentie, he is very poore and 
hongiie, therefore difpatche him a Gods name. 

Fxor. 

Soft fire maketh fweete Make, he fhall tary my leafure. 

Mendicus. 

Maiftres, if you be [it is mifprinted Je Editor.] angric 
with the faiyng of roy Pater nojier in Engliihe, 1 will faie 
it in Latin, and alfo my Depro/nndis, But fo God beipe m^i 
I doe not ken nene of theim beth. 

Vxor. 

I thinke the fame : foche Carpenter, foche chippes, your 
curate is fome honed man 1 warraunt you, and taketh moche 
paine in feding his flocke, as feemeih by your learning. \ 
praie you what coUtrie ma be you ? 

Mindicm. 

Savying youre honour gud Maidres, I was borne in Re- 
defdale in North umberlande, and came of a wight riding 
firname called the Robfons ; gud honefte men and true, 
favyng a little fhiftyng for their livyng, God helpe thetn 
fillie pure men. [pure for poor. Editor.] 

Fxor. 

What doeft thou here in this countree, me thinke thou 
art a Scot by thy tongue. 

Mtndicus. 
Trowcme'never mare then gud deam, I had better bee 
hanged in a Withie of a Cowtaile, then be a rowfooted 
Scott?, forthei are ever fare and fafe.** [i. e. fair and falfe. 
Editor.] 

In this charafter of the Beggar we have a very early dra- 
matic imitation of the northern Englilh, or fouthein Scot- 
tifh ( ialeft. 

The wiie has a little of the fpirit of Xantippe in her; 
aiid, unlike the Indian wives, when Death overtakes her 
hufband, as before-mentioned, fhe fays, *^ Good Houfe- 
bande, if he will needs have you, yet for God's fake bet 
not acknowen that 1 am here^ for fear that he kill me.'* 

The 



APPENDIX. 189 

The next cxtra£l I {hall prefent the reader with from this 
Dialogue, is a remarkable defcription of fome of our old 
Poets, but, introduSory to it, I muft make free with two or 
three paffages from Mr. Warton's Hiftory of Englifli Poetry, 

In page 70 of the Diflertation on the Gesta Roma- 
NORUM, prefixed to the 3d volume, Mr. W. fpeaking of a 
work which he fuppofes to have been written by Lydgate* 
fays " Had it been written by Caxton, as I once haftily 
fufpefted, or by any of his cotemporaries, the name of 
Lydgate would have appeared in conjunflion with thofc of 
Gower and Chaucer, who are highly celebrated in the Pro- 
logue as erthely gods expert in poejti : for thefe three writers 
were conftantly joined in pane;jyric, at leaft for a century, 
by their fuccelTors, as the diflinguifhed triumvirate of 
Englilh Poetry.*' 

And in the fame volume, Seftion 23. p. 81. ** Geoi^c 
Afliby, clerk of the fignet to Margaret queen of Henry the 
fixth, wrote a moral poeth for the ufe of their fon prince 
Edward, on the a^Uve policy of a prince^ finiftied in the 
Author's eightieth year. The prologue begins with a com- 
pliment to *.' Maifters Gower, Chaucer, and Lj^gate,'' a 
proof of the cftiniation which thai celebrated triumvirate 
fiill continued to maintain." 

Again, 

•* Our three great poets, Chaucer, Gower, and Lydgate^ 
feem to have maintain d their rank, and to have been in 
high reputation, during the period of which we are nour 
treating, [middle of the i6th century.] Splendid impreffions 
of large works were at this time great untertakings. A 
fumptuous edition of Gower's Confessio Amantis was 
publifiied by Berthelette in 1554. On the fame ample 
plan, in 1555, Robert Braham printed with great accuracy, 
and a diligent ihvcftigation of the ancient copies, the fiiJt 
correft edition of Lydgate'sTROYBOKE. [Nothing, Mr. W. 
fays, can be more incorrect than the 1 ft edition in 1513.] 
I have before incidentally remarked that Nicholas Briggani, 
a polite fcholar, a fludent at Oxford, and at the Inns of 
Court, and a writer of poetry, in the year 1555, dcpofited 
the bones of Chancer under a new tomb, creflcd at his 
own coft, and infcribcd with a new epitaph, in the chapel of 
bifhop Blafe in VVcftm nfter-abbey, which flill remains." 
VoL 111. p. 353. 



i^ A # P END r t.' 

The fecond fcenc in Bulleyn's DiAtoGUE ii betvfcenr 
jlntoniusy a Tick, rich man^ and Medicui, his doctor \ at the 
concluiionof which Antonius (ays, " let your Pothicaric 
provide foroc g0od thingcd for the bodie/' Medicus tbcrf 
departs from the fick man's chamber ; and, being come tp 
auiother part of Jthe manfion, fays to the fervants, ** Maifters/ 
I pray y^u call Cri/pinus betli^r, into the Gailaric, ind LeO" 
nardtis de Montam with hym.** Cri^inus is the '* Pothicarie,** 
apd LiQnardUs (a' mute cbaradier) the ^* Surgean,'^ cry as he 
is clfewbcre called, the *^ Phlebothomer," The apothecary 
being xome^ the ibllowiog icene coinnknces^ between him' 
and the dodor. 

*^ Crifptm. 

What 18 youi- plaifure, rtiaifter doftoUr ? 
Jttedicus. 

Ho^ doe yoii like this Garden i 
Cttfpinu 

Therearfi plefic of goodly herbes, bothc denfing/ ieif«^ 
ling, lo£ng, binding* and rcftoring^ I never did fee roorr 
choice of foodrte kindes of fVrai^« flowers, mofie plcalaanT 
to the iy^, and fweete alf6. The fine knotties are doen by 
good arte, Geometrically figtired. A fwete condnite in the 
m'^lefty made of fine iK>ne^ plentifully, cafting forth water, 
Jike fine filver ftreames li^any waies. in whiche condite, f 
did Uhold by the fpace of 6ne bo^c af Aiervelofus thing, the 
nkeaning tliereof I knowe n6tf, 

Medicus* 
What was it Crifptm ? 

Crifpiftfp 
The pillfcr was eight foote fijware, and ei|htene foot^ 
•high, with eompartemen^s of cohnyng Mafonrie,-curiouflie 
covered with fint golde* Upon the toppe a Tyger fearFullie," 
bjiving a youtl'g chiTd in his armes readieto kill it, the i^hild 
had a'croone of golde uppon his hedde. And in his le'te 
t^aiide a Globe, figuiing the whole Worldd and was called 
Mlcruffmsi 'sboi^c whiche was wrkten Gl9bUi convirfui efi^ 
Medicus. 
This gentleman [meaning Antonius. Editor,] came of 
a create houl'c, this is the creft of his armcs, for he dfe- 



APPENDIX^ 191 

fcended of the moft aunciet Romaines I warrant ycu, he it 
no upftart, affurc your fclf. 

Crifpim. 

I had thooght it had rather fignified the condicions of a 
cruell tiraunt, or foine bloodie conquerour : which by ufur- ' 
facion getting the viftorie of any common wcalthe, as 
Landes> Coantrees or Citees, eftefones Aoot fpoi)e the true 
heires and owners of the lande, whtcht doeswearc the croune, 
chaunge the flate of the Commons to the . Worfer parte^ 
fpoiling theim with fworde and bondage^ whiche appeared 
by thefc wordes : GUbus eonverfUi eft: tlw worlde ii channged 
o^ tou^ned. 

Medicuid 

A good obfervacion : what did you fe thca ? 

Crifpim. 

f did behcldc on the one fide the IX Mufes, with ftraunge 
?nftrunientcs of Mufike fittyng under the hille Parnafus^ and 
the Poetes fittying under the grenc trees, with Laurel! gar- 
fandcs, befctte with Rofes about their heddes, havyng golden 
pennes in their handes, as Hamer^ Hefiodus^ Ennius^ ice. 
writing veffes of fondrfe kinds ; and Lucanus fatte there 
verie highe, nerc unto the Cloudes, appareilled in Purple : 
frying: 

^antum fermotus (go : 

Cardine Pernafus gemm petit etbera colli. 

Motis Phcebo Bromioqi facer : 

And nere them i'atte old Morall Goore, with pleafavnt 
l^enne in bande, commending honefte love without lufte, 
and pleafitre without pride. Holineffe m the Clergle, no 
tirannie in rewlers, no fatfhode in Lawiers, no Ufurie in 
Marchanntes, no rebellion in the Commons, and unitee 
cmong kingdomes, &c» 

Skelton fatte in the comcjr of a Filler, with a frofte bitten 
face, frowning, and is fcante yet cleane cooled of the 
hotte burning^choloirr, kindled againfte the cankered Car- 
dinallc Wolfcy ; writing many a (harpe difticons^ with bloodie 
^ne againft him, and fent th^im by the infemalle rivers 
5/y», Flegitmj and Achfroriy by the Feriman of hellc called" 
Ckar^n, to tiie faid CarJinaUe.* 



S92 APPENDIX. 

How the Cardinall came of nought 

And his prelacie jolde and bought^ ^ 

And where joche Prelates bec^ 

Sprang of lowe degree : 

Jndfpirituat dlgniree^ 

Farewell benigniteey 

Favewtll fimplidUe^ 

Fanwell humaniteij 

Farewell good charitee. 

Thus paruum LieratuSy 
Came from Rome gatuSy 
Dolour dawpatusy 
Scante a bachelaratus* 

And thus Skelton did endey 
l^ith IVoljey hisfrertde. 

'W\iX\t Chaucer fate in a chaire of gold covered wjth 
Rofcs, writyng Prole and Rime, accoumpanied with the 
fpirites of many Kinges, Knightes, and fair Ladies, whom 
he pleafauntlie befprinkeled with the fweete water of tho 
welle, confecrated unto the Mure5, ecleped /fganippe. 

And as his heavenlie fpirite comended his dere Brigham, 
for the woorthie intombing of his bones, worthie of me- 
morle, in the long fleping chamber of mofte famous^^kinges. 
Even fo in tragedie, he bewailed the fodaine refurrecciori 
of many a noble man, before their time : in fpoiling of 
Epitaphes wherby many have loftc their inheritaiice, &c. 

And furder thus he laied lamenting. 

Coveteoui menne dooe catchcy all that thei mate bave^ 
Thi fielde and the Jtocke^ the toumbe and the grave : 
Jnd as thei abufe riches ^ and their graves that are gonfy 
The fame meafure thei Jhali have every onfy 
Yet no buriall hurteth holie menney though btaftes them devour^ 
Nor riche grave prevaiieth thi wicked^ for all y earthly power. 

Laraentyng Lidgate, lurkyng among the Lilies, with a 
balde ikons, with a garlande of Willowes aboute his pate : 
booted he was after &ain£le Benettes guile, and a blacke 
Stameil rob *, with a lothlie monfterous hoode banging back- 
ward, bis [ihe wojd head I coajedure is wancino^ here* 

Editor.} 



• A P,P E N IXI-X. 193 

JEditor,] (looping forwarde, bewailing every eftate with the 
fpirite of providence. Forefeyng the falles of wicked men, 
and the flipperic featcs Of Princes, the ebbyng and flowing 
the rifyng and fall)mg of men in audihoritee, and how ver- 
tue doe advaunce the fioiple, and vice overthfowe the moofte 
lioble of the worlde. , . 

And thus he faied. '^ 

Oh nobli Prinas anceive unddooe Igrty 

The fall of kyngesfor mifgovernere^ 

And prudintly peifyng this matter ^ 

Vertue isjlronger than either plate or maile : 

Therefore conjtder when v^ifdome dooe counjaile^ 

Chief prefervative of Princelie. magnifcence^ 

Is to almlghtie Goo to dooe due reverence. . ) 

Then Hartley with an hoopyng Ruffette tong .coatc,v«With 
% pretie hoode in his necke^ and five kiiottes uppun his 
girdle, after Fraunccs trickes. H^ was borne beyonde the 
colde River of Twede. He lodged uppon a fwcetc bedde 
of Chamomilly undej: the Sina^on'-tree^ about him many 
Shepherdes and ihepe, with pleafiiunc pipes : greadie ab- 
horring the life of Courtiers, Citezenf,, Ufurer.s,4iiidJBancli- 
-ruptes, &C4 wjiofe old daie$ are o^ifpi^^ble. And ihe eft^^e 
of (hepherdes and countree people^ he coiupted n^ofte h?ip* , 
picft and furc, &c» ; . 

Saiyng: 

Who enireth {he Courte in yatng &f tender ag$^ 
Jre Pghttie blinded withfolie and putrage : 
But focht as enire with witti afid grdvitee : 
Bowenot fofone to foche enormitee : 
But or thei enter if thei hai/e teamed nought J 
' Afierwdrd it vertue the UJi of their thought. 

Nexte thcim in a blacke chaire of pftte ftone,ina qpate. 
of armes fatte an aunciente knight, in Orengc Tawnic^ at , 
one forfaken, bearyng upon his b^^ll a white Lion, wdth 
% Groune of ricKe golde on hi3 hedde : his* nanie was Sir 
Davie Linfc, uppon the mounte, with a hammer of ftrong 
fteele in his hande, breakyng a fonder the coupterfei«5tc 
croffe kaies of Rome, forged by Antichriile. And thus 
this gojd knight of Scotlande faied, to Englande the elder 
brother, and ScoJande the younger. 

O Halitan 




194 A T P E N D I X^ 

ttahitanff aires in unum^ < 

Is a llisptll thyngy 

Ont God, onefaitby im hoptifmi purif 

One lawe^ one tandis and one kynf : 

Clappe handts together brethren dire 

Unfained trucit together make^ 

yfnd like frendes d$$e ever accordiy 

But Fnnche and Romaine doe firfte forfake^ 

Ton are toithout the continent^ 

A fole lande of auncient fame^ 

Ah origine a people olde^ 

Bo'de Britaines ecleped by namtp 

Sicut erat in princifio : 

Graunt oh God it maie beo^ 

In fiectda faculorum^ 

7 hat we maie have peaci in thee^ 

Then %^e Jhall feare no forein powir^ 

That againfie us Jhall advaunce^ 

The Tartre cruelly the turfe of Romeg 

Ne yet the power of Fraunce^ i!fc. 
On the feconde fquare was a faire diall for this Orifoil^ 
[Horizon. Editor.] unto Whiche w.s added the bowers of 
the pianettes, upon the fame was written in large letters of 
fin golde, Temp.ra labuntur. 

Medicus. 

There ftdppe and laie a Strawe. For Tempora labuntur^ 
IS to faie: by little and little, time dooe (lippe awaie. I will 
hearc the refte of the matter at leafurc.** 

The reader, converfant with the writings of our old 
Britifli bardsy will obferve the variations and pmiffions in 
the verfes accompanying the defcriptions of them : I have 
given bothy literatiQi et punduatim, as they are ia 
Bulleyn. 

To thofe unread in our elder poets I give the following 
inftance from Skelton, as it ftands in a coIlcAioa of his 
woilcs, 8vo, 1736. p. 195 and 6. 

•* How prelacy is fold and bought 
Atid coine up of nought 
And where the prelates be 
Come of low degre 
. And fet in maiefty 
And fpirituall dignicy 



A P f E tl D I X. X95 

Farwel benignity 
Farwel fimplicitye 
Farwel humilitye 
Farwel good charity" 

The fifth line << And fet in majefty" reftorcs fcnfe to what 
without it is unintelligible. 

Thtfc defcri^tions of Chaucer, &c. fhould have preceded 
what has been faid concerning Spenfer ; but this being no 
regular treatift, the anomaly will, it is hoped, be pardoned. 

1 will continue the extract from where I broke off, two 
or three {of BuUeyn's) pages further; becaufe the matter 
contained therein not (m\y gives us ftrong traiu of feveral 
of the characters, but. alio appears to me to contain the feeds 
of Ben Jonfon's Volpone. 

** Medicus. 

I will heare the reft of the matter at leafure. What is it 
a clocke ? 

, Crifplne. ' 

But early daie, ikant viii of the clocke. 

Medicus. 
Well, I praie you, difpencc all thinges in order Contra 
Piftim^ in the fame forte, buthc noumbf-r of the Simples, 
Dofcand quantitte, even as you did it yefterdaie^ whiche 
was geven to PauU. 

Crt/pim. 
Sirj I have fpente all my fine Myrrhe^ what Ihali I doe ? 

Midicus. 
You are a wife marne, put in ^id fir quo^ called »»1»«^ 
£•^Xo/*|y». Hoc ijifimplicia qui aiiorum facultati fimiiium ^z- 
nuria Jubpwi pojfunt midid confiUo. InttUigis f 

Crijfinus, 
BtiaM doming Do^or* 

MedUtiS. 
Movt U otiuSy & quicquid agas prudentgr agas. 

Crifpine. 

By God he (hall pai*^ for the malt grindyng, he have 
enough, he know fkoxit ende of his pelfe, it will come to an 
evill ende. God fende me more foche cheates. What, 
me thipke I fe twoo men in long gounes, with fiio^t.^ 
beardes a$ th? gates, what ate thei aC30^%iv.^ts\^\ 



I 



196 A P P, E N D:I X. 

Medicus. 
I knowe them verie well, thei are twoo pettifoggeii in th^ 
Lawe, the one is called maifter Avcarus^ a good {entleman^ 
and of a greate houfe, a man df good cbnfeioncev ibdeede 
he is my cofen germa^ne, on my mother's, fide 3 Soreliq ^e 
can geve good counfaile, and is iitte to be with fpchc a 
manne, as maifter Antonius is, indeede thei have been long 
at(^aainted> and Will never give over unto the ende. 

Cr if pint. 

f>Wbo is the oiher on the leffe hande, he feemeth to be a ' 
proper gentlemanod and a ftudiousf, he isf leane, an hand* 
iqmt clealie man. M« thinke he have otl eehe fide of his^ 
gpviAC a bagge^. and hii hande in theim. 

Midicus 
Every man have hfs grate and gefture : I promife you^ I 
4arfte eoiiaimiftte a' gfeace fecrece unto him. Oh he is a 
peragoti. 

Os/pine. ' 

What mTeanetkhfe by winckyhg lifoi aGdofe in the raine,^ 
and biting of hrs lippe t 

^ JMidicuf. 

. Do you tuoit that ? It is a good figne of a cbnllante man, 
mitk^ it whta yoi^ Will, he is a Wittie fellbwe, and onie that 
is in greate eftimaeion, fit for maifter Antonius^ his name 
hi Ambodexter. Goe doune> wittt Ipede, and faie you have, 
gieven maifter '^/f^^^Mir/ his puigaoion^ and this daie iieba've 
no leafure to fpeake with any n% and alio how ths^t be is 
amended: for, if the curate were here for tjbe feuleg^ ff^t 
for the bodi^, and Auarus for the purfe : h^rc wer but a, 
madde conjpany, we (hould nevfer agree together^ biit fall 
into difcord'cs. Dispatch them with fpede, fare ye well. I 
will goe and caufe him to be Jetton blood, and kept, him 
from fkpe, then fhall he be purged to-morrowe in the mom^ 
ing. firing the poudef againft the plague with you/' 

We muft i)pw fuppofe theDodor to have made hifi e^it, 
and Crifpinus to have defceaded to Avarus and AmbodexUr. 

'* Crtfpini4' 
God g^ve you go-^d morrowe gentillc maifter Avarus t 
what maifter AmboaexUr^ hOw^ fare you bothe ? maifter, An^ 

Uniut 



A P P E M D I K. 197 

Unius did moche defire to hj^ve fpoken with you, eight 
jiowers pafte. In dcejde within tjiis twoo houres, lavyng your 
ivorfliippes, he hath ta}een a purgacion, vyhich have cafte 
^chc aire abrode, that I was not habie to abide in the 
chamber, I had forgotten nty perfumes, to make all well.^ 

Avarus. 

What thinke you of hym, (hall he effja^e or no ? Who 
Js with hym ? 1 praie you tell inc. 

Crifpme. 
Norte but DoQof Capi/iranusy whiche alfo defirc your 
abfence, hecaqfe he have hym in cuije : and trufte to make 
hym f[epe after his lacks c^f r.ft,. and to-inorrovye tatce your 
pleafure with hym. 

Farey§ well y we have drawcn and ingrofTed his bookes, 
<:oramende us to maifter Dpftopr, 

[Here we muft fupppfe Crifpinui to withdraw, and Jvar^s 
to addrefs the remainder of his fpcech to Ambodexter. Ediior.] ^ 
it were a good paftyme| to take the foote cjoihe from his " 
[|;he doflqr's. Ed.J Mule, for two or three .houres in paftymc. 

AmbodexHr. 
\ had rather have the Mule. 

Avar^^us. 

What the deyill doeth this doctor here I If ^is purgyr^g 
wer not, we would clenfe and cxpulfe with our icietces, 
that whiche flioulde ferve our tourne well enough, 
AmbodexUr, 

I warraunt you the Doiftour doe make woorke for us 
bothe: wee fhall bryng our matters to paflTe in good time, 
take no care man for the matter, we will prcvcnte the 
,dk)d6r to-morrowe, when he cometh hether with a prefcnte, 
and bring him fome prctie thinges, wherem he delitcth : 
we (hall finde foche meaq^s to perfwade with him by little 
and little, to be executors ot his will, according to his 
old promife. Fur!;her, he will take it kindely," that we doe 
claime kinred pn him by his mother's fide, wbiche was a 
kinde harted woman^ and full of metrix, ha> h<i« ha. She 
was indeede of thofe^qualiteesK her fonne is like tSe nioti^^r, 
as fc;meth by one Ia the ioufe. ^ 

O 3 Jvarkt. 



198 APPENDIX. 

I Avarus. 

I fcarc that damofcll will marre all together : (he doeth 
jrule the roft, £he ware the keies. lie dl never have her out 
ef hisy iioht, yet Reinold his man thinketh hymfelf, in 
more e{limaci5 with her, then his maifter. 

Amhodextetm 

The laft yere I counterfefted a fickcncs of pwrpofc. aa I 
can when I iuft, I framed my Phicifion to my phantafic, no 
manne thought that I (hould have lived twoo dayes, when 
I was alone I laughed. Yon rememb: r whom I made myne 
executor, even Animtui M<xntuanui^ I then providentHe by 
three thynges, did forefte this tyroe and canfe. The firft 
was, his greate furfeiiSlcs in banquetyng: the feconde, bis 
watchyng at Cheflfe and Cardes, the third you knowe what* 

Avarus. 

Well, well, be as be maie is no bsning : I doc fcarc 
tnany thinges. Firft the medicines maie cTiaunce recover 
him, then wee (hall have nothyng. Well, Reinoldc apd 
the damofel be ever in prefence, and watch him : (he cheares 
her maifter with a loving countenauncc. Reinold faies, that 
he hath doen true fervice a long time, &c. Wei), I fmclle 
an other padde in the ftrawe : when all this is docn, the 
Curate is a craftie Rhetorician, &c/* 

They continue their difcourfe to the fame purpofo fomc; 
time longer, which concludes thus, 
" Avnrus. 

Let us dine together, and fende for our friendes, Rapax^ 
Copax^ and Tenax^ to kepe us companie an hower or two^t 
for they arc good felowes. 

Jmhoiixiir. 

Agreed, I like their companie very well, thei are my 
frendesi and kinde harted men. 

AvaruM^ 

And mine alfo, go let tia depart, and not bee feen moche 
together abroade ftandyng in counfaill, becaafe out matters 
are not curraunte/* 

In the following fccne we iincF tliat thcfe two worthy 
gentlemen did fiot forget the doctor's mule and foot cloth : 
after an operation perfonhed upon Antoniusj Crifpinus fays 



A Vl^t N D I fc 19 

to MiiieuSf or as the do^r is ^l&n^berp fignificantly called, 
Capiftranut. 

<< I did netrer fee the like, but ones where as jour MaifteN 
fliip did a greate cure^ upon a noble man. 

Oh, are jrou advifed of that Crifpim^ he is a good fiiende 
of royne, | have twentie pounde yerelie o^' hinu He fente 
me a fatte Bucke upon Moodaie lafte, and gave me my Mule 
alfo, with a Velvet foote clothe. 
Crijpine. 

Sir, whe you fet me home^ I lefte your mule ftanding s(t 
the doore, but as I returned, I met a lackei clothed in 
Of-enge taunie and white, with a pair of bare tancd legges, 
a blewe night cap, with a pliyme pf fc^bers rjding op him 
as fai^ a$ he might gallop. 

MeScus* 
Oh the paffion of Chrift, ^y mule is ftolen,! will hence, 
I had rather lofe xx^. I will tarie no leger: my Mule, 1 
^ill teche him to ride on my Mule, I Warrante him. 

Crifpini. 
Sir^ be njsdeth no t^^chyi^g, he can ride ^^ell t warrant 

Jrou. I heard him faie to a yong manne with a long cloke, 
ined with yellowe, that his maifter fern him to carie a 
letter, to a marp{iaMnt venturer, that v^as crofiailed into 
TCivra Florida* 

Midi^us* 

Geve ifie my goune, fare ye well Maifter Jntonius : as eviil 
li;cke as ever I had in all my life.'* 

At the end of another vifit of the do£)or to Jntmins^ 
CrifpifiUSy who had been waiting without, fays to Meaieus 
when he comes forth, *^ I praie you what thinke you of 
maifter J^nto^$^s iba 1 he efcape it or r.o i 

MedUus. 

I have his plentiful] rewarde, and money for you al'o. 
I have had log taike with hym. But to bee plain with you, 
I thinke nevep^to fe hym again alive. He vy as pafte cure or 
\ game' to bynii aud he could, not ikap«». 

O 4 Q^'A'^* 



aoo A V? JE N 15 I X. 

Crifpifu* > ' . < * 

This man loved you well in his life : will you not be sit 
Jiis buriall Maifter Do&or I 

AMicvs. 

He loved me as I loved him. He me for healthe, and 
I hym for money :' And thei, whichd are prefervers of the 
life of raanne ought not to be prefent at the d^ath or boriaH 
of the fame man : therefore I have taken my leave, I vvar- 
raunt you Crifpinty I will retouroe to hym no more« Thus 
fare you well til the morowe in the mornyng." 

It would be an affront to my reader*s underftanding virere 
I to comment on this admirable piece of fatire. 

In the laft edition of Shakfpeare, Vol. V. p. 320 and |. 
after the notes by Theobald and Warburton upon '* Didft 
thou never fee Titan kifs a difh of butter ? pitiful-hearted 
Titan, that melted at the fwect talc of thfc fun ?" and their 
propofed emendations, Mr. Su°vens fays, ** Shall I offer a 
bolder alteration ? In the oldclt copy, the cooteited part of 
this paffage appears thus : 

— ^ — at the fwitt tale 6f the fonnes. 

The author might have written pitiful- hearted Titarij who. 
melted at the fiveet tale of his fon. i. e. of Pbaecon, who by a 
ptaufibl^ ftory won on the cafy nature of his father {6 far, as 
to obtain from him the guidance of his own chariot for a 
day." 

Thaty&« was foriiierly fpelt fonne is certain [fee an ex- 
ample at bottom of p. 197 of this Appendix,]; fo alfo was 
XhtfuTiy i. e. Titan ^ or Phctbas. 

In one of th.e fcenes (I cannot help faking of Bulleyn*s 
Dialogue as of a Drama) between Antfnius and Medicus^ 
the patierjt fays to his do£lor, " ho'dc'here arc xx olde 
Angeljes, that did fe noyi/m/ tMs tenne yefc,** 

In the earlieft reading ** at the Jwftt tale oftht fonncj'* 
the final s (which, whether fin Or fun is meant, appears, 
according to modern orthography, luperfluous) might have 
crept in by accident; or, if defigriedfy inferted as the fign 

• of the poneflive cafe, of which there is to the facnc fubftan- 
' tivc a preceding one (of), is not more ung ram mat leal than a 
•dotrbfe fte^ttve, pbfitive, comparative, or fup^rlativej ill 

which occur in tb^beft of our elder writers. 

Two negatives (Dr. Johnfon obicrvcs) are foiuetimca 

* joined by Shakipeare^ but ill. 

Spenfer 



A ^» P^ E N n 1 Xj ^iA 

• $pcnfcr gives us aa example of what I mean by a double 
po^tive in The Fairy Qiieen. B. I. C. VUL St 36, 
**** At laft with creeping crooked pace forth came 
An old old man, with beard as white as fnow-V 
And again in'B. IL C. IX. St. 55. 
•* And therein fat ^n old old imu^ half blird." 
XJn ftne vecchioy fenex vCtulus, ytgw* ?rfl>x««««. Upton*? 
plbffary to Spenfer. 

In the Tempeft we have the double comparative, 

u ■> i . . . ' I.. M ■> nought knowing 

Of whence I am ; nor that 1 am more better 
Than Pro'pero, &c.'* 
See the paffage and note on it, laft Ed. of Shak.V. I. p. io» 
|his, and the double f«perlative mo/i High ft ^ ufed when 
fpjeaking of God, is what Ben Jonfon calls *' a certain 
kind of Englilh Atticifini or eloquent phrafe of fpeech, 
imitating the manner of the moji andenteji and finejt Gre- 
cians who, for mort tmphajis and vehemencies fake, ufed fo 
'to fpeak.V See Eng. Grammar, V. VII. p. 276. See alio 
the note on moJi affabiejij^ Vol. IlLf . 50. VVha.lley*s Jonfon. 
What I have laid on this paffage in Shakfpeare (" at 
the fiOeet tale^ ^c^} is intended more as a ground for abler 
critic's, fliou Id they think it a foiid one, to eredt an opinion 
on, than as a determinate one of my own. 

I fear to tire my reader, ajid yet I am loth to quit this 
Dialogue 6f i^tt//^y«*i. — -See now! an inadvertent double 
genitive'-.'whtch I (hould correct into better, at leaft ni<>re 
modern, phrafeolooy, but that it may ferve as a further 
illuftratlon of what I have juft n w obferved : Be it re- 
membered, though, that our anceftorS (not to infift on the 
pure Sajton-iign) did not afiix an apoflrophe to thi« ca(e as 
wc do. 

7 he few more eittvadls I will make from this drama, 
Ihall be but juft fufficient to ^ive an idea of the remaining 
fivfonei, and of two or three who are incidentally de- 
fcribed^ as, like Chaucer*s Canterbury Tales, and Hogarth's 
,inimitabk deligns, they (together with thofc f have *lft«dy 
tranftribcd) ateporhnps the bcft piftures of the habit^'and 
manmrrsof tiietiiftiettiey relate to of any extant, 

" Civis. 
Good Wife, thee daiely jangling and ringing of the belles^ 
the Coming in of the minister to every hojS|^ in miniitryng 

the 



foa APPENDIX^ 

the coinupion^ in reading (he Hom^lie of ^eath, the digging 
iip of graves, the fparring in of window^s, ^nd the blafinr 
forth of the blc^e cro(re, doc qiakc my h^rt trimblc iui? 
quake : alas what (hall I doe to fave my life?'* 

The tUw^ erofje was a mark fet ofi the door of every 
houfe infe^ed v^ih the plague.' I cannot pafs over this 
V fparpng in of window^s,*' without rems^rking that I 
thinx the following paiTage in Shaicfpeare ha; ijiot bee|i prot 
periy explained. ^ 

<« ril read you i^atter, c|efp, and dangcrou;; 
'^s full of perij;^ and ^iJventVous fpirit. 
As to o*cr«walk a current^ roaring loud^ 
On the unftea^faft footing pf a ipear/' 
*f On the tfnjieddfafl footing of a Jfiar*'] That ts^^ Ojf « 
^piear laid acrofs, ' ' Warbvrton.*^ 

Henry IVth, ift pt. Vol. y. p. 285. laft edit. 
«* The other which was entered, lahoure<l faft 

Tofperrc the g^ie." Fairy Q?f^^t B« V. C i^, S. 37^ 
" Tofpirri ibi gate ;] So in bis Sl^ep. Cal, Maj^ 
Sparre ye the gate faft,— — f— 

A Sparr is a hidgt-Jiake (Lat. fudii) and as fvich was ge* 
nerally ufed by cottagers to faften their doors with, in tl\e 
iniide. Juniui thinks that 5^arr bad ah^ieQtly ^he fanv9 
fignification as korr\ a *«*.? 

Church's Spenfe^, V^J. IV. p. i68i. 

That tbif is. ope m?a(!in^ of the ^ord Sporty the fpeecjr 
of CmV juft quo;ed is a proof; but there is another, at 
leaft not preciiely the fa^e : I have been informed that, in 
fome counties, the outiide plank, fa^wn p|F the trunk of a. 
tree, is called a fparr; and is frequently I^id oyer a brook 
or rivulet for a bridge, the convex fide uppermoft ; tbia 
muft yield very *> unfteadfaft fpotiogt" the corruption 
iromfparr^ or as Spenfer fpells it, fperre, to jfj^^r being fo 
eafy, and the id^a of wall^mg on the latter fa^ ridiculousi 
I canAot doubt oijparx being the true readiog. I will Herei 
by the way, obferve that ip the 2d part of Heutrt IVtfi» 
Shallow fays to Folftaff (V9I. V. p. 593.) " Nay, you 
(hall fee mine orchard ; whfre, in an arbpur, we will eat 
a laft year's pippin of my own graiffing.*' 

There is a pippin called a Lei(^efter pippin; Hinckley^ which 
is mention d in a former fcene, ('< and, Sir, do you piean 

'^ ta 



A P 1^ E N D I X. Mi 

to ftop any of William's wages, about the fack fa^ loft th^ 
other day at Hinckley fair?" p. 582.) is \xi Licefterjbin : 
may not Iqft ytar be a corruption of Ltt after f for» to 
give a gueft ftale fruit is but an ill compliment. PerhapSi 
however, ShdlUw means thrat the pippin was grafted iaft 
year. One more obfervation on Shakfpeare^ and then again 
to bulieyn. 

In Hamlet, ** I know a hawk from a hand-faWy* is per- 
mitted to remain in the Iaft cdirion Vol. X. p. 257. and 
the notes on it iirply an approbation of that reading : 
whether what follows may induce the reader to think it a 
corruption of the player editors, and not adopted by the 
poet from the mouths of thf vulgar, as Dr. Warburton 
pconounces, I cannot tell. 

In Norfolk and Suffolk a young Heron is called a Handfen 
or Hendfey. In the North umberitnd Houihold-book is tht^ 
dire£^ion. 

" It is thought that Hearonfewys be brought for my 
lord's own mecs fb they be at i id. a pece." 
'" HfRowsEWEs, », fl. Fft. Young Herons, 

' ' Gloflary to Tyrwhiit's Chadcer. p. 97. 

berpnfewes] Heronfeaux. Fr. 

At the Intrcnization of Arfchbp. Nevil, 6 Edward IV. 
there wtre Heronjhawe iiii C. Lei. Colleft. vol. vi, 2. 

At another feaft in 1530 we read of ** 16 Hearonfcws, 
every one i2d." Peck's U. C. vol ii. 12. 

Notts to Tyrwhitt's Chaucer. Vol. IV. p. 290* 

And in Swan's Speculum Mundl, p. 399* we read ** 1 he 
Heron or Herripw is a fowl thar liveth about waters, &c.** 
which is follcrwed Vy a defcription of the mode of fighting 
between the Heron or Hernfew and Hawk. 

In afifwer to the Citizen's apprehenfions of the plague^ 
cxprefftd in the Iaft quotation from Bulleyn, his wife fays, 

*' Seying that we have fent our children lorthe three 
weekes p^flc into a good aire, and a fwceie couniree, let us 
followethe; we (bal be welcome to your brother's houfe, t 
dare Taic riSy filter will re'ioyce in our comming, and fo will 
air otir fficndes there : Lctte us take leave of our neigh- 
bours, and returne merelie honie again, whe the plague is 
parte, and the dog daies efaded.*' 

The citizen juttlyicplifes, 

*• Oh wife, we kaowc not out itx>wtA%* 



^04 A V f ^ ft DJ X. 

He,* however, agrees to her prc|K>raI, Tayifig, *^ J wil| 
leave my hoafe with my faUhfuU frendes^ and take the 
keies of the chcftci with mc« 

Where arc out horfes f *^ 

\V^' muft here Aippofe interim fufficient for leavc-ti^king, 
&c. thc'Wifc then fays, • ' 

** Qur thinge^ ar6 rcadie, have you taken your leave of 
▼our neighbours } Man* 
'^ Gvis. 

I bave doen : fo now let us depar^ a godde^ bleffyng gooKt 

wife. ^'' ' •'...' 

Fxor. 
Geve me my hprf^ Roger. 

liogir^ 

MaiftreS) he is here ready at your liand^ a good geldings 
God blcffe him i\nd (wccte fain£le Loye. 

Civis. 

Bryng foorthc tpyne alfo, and lette the fervauntes forge^ 
nothyng behinde them, ' fpecially the fteelc caiket : let u& 
ride faire and foftly, until! we be out of the toune." 
• Having made fome progrefs, the wife fays, ** I never 
was fo farre from London in al my life': how farre have w6 
Ridden already Sir I pray you ? ' • 

Gvis. 

Wife, we have ri^de X mile this morning. 

What toune is this : I praie you Sir ? 

Civis, 

This is Barnet, whereas Samuel your fonne was nurfed : 
how like you this^toune Dame ? 

V^or. 

A pretie ftreate, but me thinke the people go verie plain, 
it is no citce as I do f^ppofe by their manners.". 

This, I conceive, means the falutatiops which country* 
people to this day give to perfons vifho appear of a better 
ibrt than themfelves. 

Their fervant, RogeVy who has (as the clown, fVilli4mj 

in JsyouUke it^ cxprcffes it) <« a prqtty wit,'* bping pf the 

5 ' ... ^ OPHty, 



pftrty, SR14 aclmitted to joiil in, the ooiiverfation ; In reply to 
fodietibiiig ivhkh h'Ui mltfteff has nfierted, fayt^* 

' " Well, Sifj out Jhoiw bo^k^c ftiaH confound your talke^ 
for I did fe it itl welting, and that whidhe i^ written^ 1 vlill ; 
beleve and fdlov^ by Gods gi^aoei, AnA no more^ ,; 

Civis. 
I ' ■ . • ■ ■' ' 

Why, ^\l yoti dote no more for me, then I havt^ com* 

iiritaunded ydu by writing ; you arc ah honeft felowe ? 

When I came to you firft, you gave me a.fimill of paith* 
hicnt, \frhcrin 6id ypu, do no mote but as this com- 
inaiidetb^ and I mil aflcs no tnofe of thee^ but aUour thy 
iervice. Now ib cafe your Maiftei'ihip with your horfe, fell 
t)etbe into the rtiyre over the eare&: if it wer not in my- 
writing, to help you botb forthe^ I have dbtn you m evil 
ftrvice; Ha^ ba^ ha^ how cracke you^tfaift nutte i 

It wer a good deedc t6 cracke your pate you fadcre vcr- 
ict : Gods dcntie Js^cHe fauce whence came you ? 
. Roger i • 

Forfodie out of the oountree^ Maifb-es niiibecduf,- tifint 
Afrfippence: how prcfelyyou cai^ call vetkt, and iweare 
iy Gods dentil). Ood bleffe ybu^ I did never iee yo4l 
fktmble before, 

^ . . . . . rHir. ■ ' 

but roge and flave, avaunt villaine, out 6f iuf figJit 
knaVe. 

Roger. : , 

i thinke ydti learned y6ur Rhetorike in the ur/fverfitee of 
Bridewell: y^u w«ec oever well wproied, When yviU v^tt 

. ^ Vxpr^ .V 

Sir, you do ride to faft : have y^u n6t heard what this 
honeft man have faied to me ? 

!]t)aine, ail thinges muft br e takeain good partti, I h^rd 
^thing: if any thing bee amiffe, at our return Jtjhal be 
amended, we muft have one riding foole by the waie, fo 
thaCi k bee dooen merilie, and exceade not/* 



2p6 A P P E N D I 3t 

Thit mild Citlsfeh fzyi alfii, a fittle ftiither on, << I v^ill 
geve no place to anger to chafe my blood : it is perilous iH 
the peftiltnt time : For next to the fervyng of aliifightie 
God; and. thy Chriftian duetie to my neigKbour:' fwiii 
geve royfeir dneli^ to mirtlie^ whiche is (he greatefte jew^ll 
of this worlde." 

If this Diahgtiih^i be^n written a century later, T (hoiild 
haife imagined chat the chara£ter of the Citizen had been 
copied from honeft Tzaa^ Tf^alton^ the arig1<-r. 

Having ridden, as we are to ftippofe^ a ^(irifiderable wa^, 
the Citixeri fays, , • i .., * 

^* It is tyme to baite our Horfes in this toune : if there 
be any gbod meate,- we will dine, prepare Roger^ for wee 
have farre to ride this nit^ht. Knowe what compaignie is in 
the Inne : stnd whether the houfe bee infeded or no V* Roger 
does as he i^ bid ; and, feiurniiig, fays^ 

*' Sir, I was in thebaule^ and thRkre* fitteth oiif Kofte, «: 
pleafaunt merie manne, and a good compaignion I ^arrainte 
him : I fee by his nofe, that of al potage he loveih good 
ale, he is mounfire graundpanche, he hath chafed the. 
Parfone woundrouflie, whiche with a paire of rpeftacles, 
plaieth at tables with him, he ftealeth faft the table men 
fr5 him. Our hoftes hath a (harpe nofe, thinne lipped; a 
a proper yong wom^n, with a ihril voice like a catte: but 
when (he is pleafed I warrant her to be a pleafaunt woman, 
and full of meritrix. The good man of this houfe brjngeth 
up youth verie well, and is vcrie loving to his fonne, and I 
perceive he will bearc mocbe with hym» 

Wherein? 

Roger. [It is mifprinted /^;r^r. Editor.] 

When I came into the halle, my yong maifter leaned 
upon his fathers fhoulder, with his.cappe upon his hedde^ 
fitiyng [quere, fpitting? Ed.] and coughyng like a lought." 

This is the painting of a Mafter, and from Nature ; for, 
•* Nature was Nature then, and ftill furvives : 
The garb may alter, but the fubftancc lives." 

Q^r: icVs Prologue to his Alteration of Ewry Man in hU 
Humour. 

« Cms. 



A I^ ^ E N D I X. acy' 

•^ Civtu 
Call the chatnberlatii, ftiid let us have achaitiber fevemlllt; 
[t. e« aj^art to ourfelves. Editor*] 

WitTi all (pede a Gods name. Chabcrliin; pfepare your 
cliamhfr, with all tbinges according^ in the (imCj for ntf 
mafter and oiaiftres. Whip maifter Oftiter with a tafte of 
Iigerdemain, beftirre you firrha, and makexild^ of three 
holies of ilinkng Haye and a pecke of Ottes, YoU can 
fenake ^ Honed horfe a geldings and a long taile a curtalU 
Y<hi knOwe my roeanyng welenough: hem iirrha, I faie 
iK)thyng but mu, I have feen you often in Smithfielde« 

What, fir iauce, you take up6 you to plaie the Comptroller: 
goe quietly aboute your owne bufineife, and let the OiUcr 
^one» 

Rcgir^ 

Maifttes, It is merie when knaves are mette, I did fee 
hym ones aike bleiTyng to xii Godfathers at ones.^ 

This reminds me of Gra/Z^w^V fpeech to Sh^k^ in Ti$ 
Mir Amu of Vmce. 

*^ In chriftening thou fhalt h?^ two godfathers ; 
Had I been judge, thou (houldft have had ten more. 
To bring thee to the gallows, not the font/' 
*^ ' ' thou JbouUft bavi bad ten moro.'] i.e. a jury of 

tu'ilvo men, to condemn thee to be hanged. Theoiald. 

So, in 7^^ Devil is an Afs^ by Ben Jonfon : 

«' — I wiir leave you 

** To your godfather& in law. Let twi!ve mm work." 

Steevens.*' 
Laft edit, of Shakfpcarf, Vol. III. p, zaS. 

I will trouble the reader with another quotation relating 
to this play. In the old Ba^llad of Gifnuiusthejew^f Vtnict^ 
reprinted in Rtliques of Ancient Englijh Poetry^ Vol. 1. p. 
208. Ed. T/JSj is thispaffage, 

** His wife rauft lepd a fhilJing^ . 
For every wecke a penny, 
Yet bring a pledge, that is double worth, 
If that you wili have any. 



A 



fl 



io8 Append! x. 

And fee, likewife, you keepe your dayi 

Or elfc you loofe it all : ' 
This was the living of the wifd, 
Her cow (he did it call." . 

Upon which Dr. Percy has given the following note. 

<* Hir Cow, t^u feenis to havti Jkggi/Ud U Sbak§fp$£ire 
Shtlock*s argument far ufury taken f om Jacob's managemivt, 
^ Laban's Jheep^ ^tt L to which AnTHONJO repHa'^ 

** ff^as this inftUid to make inter ifi good? 
( ** Or are your gold and fihvtr Ewes and rams ? 
*' ShV. I unnoi tell^ t make // BRE£i> as fast/^ 

P. 2ii. ReHc|ue9. 
• Our travelling comfjanioni /{^e^r^ afnong feveral (Ipriet 
to pafs the time with oh the journey, tells the following one^ 

<^ Thtre was a n\dn of late, whiche liad one -C. pound, 
Whichc he called his Cowe, and fccrctly did lende her forthe, 
fometyme by the weke, and his price was 1l fhillinges the 
Weke, and when her milke became derer, and many failing 
daies at bade, he called for his Cowe, and faid that fhe gave 
itidiffereilt milke. But, fiide he, I riiufte put her inio a 
Dcttcr pafture, and (he (hall geve me more milke by v (hit- 
Kng in the weke, &c, and at length white mcate becatne ^ 
little better chtape, btrcaufe of t^e great plentk of foche 
kienc in the towne, that his Cowe was broughtiiliome 
again, bcrcaufe that (he was letten fo dere, ooW^becabfe 
(he hadde do^ him good fervice, acid be had no more but 
her at home,, and calfe he had none by her to^kfipe up the 
ft6cke. [Something feems wanting here. . Editor,] His 
lervaunt loved milke wel', and could get none of that Cowe i 
when his mailier was from home, ftale \\^t Cowe and 
ran his waie, and hetherto hath not been found, neither 
Cowe nor man, and all the milke is gone.'* 

Whoever (hall be pleafed to compare MarloweU jE\t of 
Malta, with Shakfpeare's Jew of Venice, will find fome 
remarkable fimilaritics of thought and expreffion in tb^ two 
Ifraelites ; it muft at the fame time be obferved that Jl4ar^ 
hwe^s Bar ABAS is elder brother of Shakfpeares ShVlocK : 
The Jew of Multa was entered on the books of the Sta- 
tioners' company in the year 1594, 7 he Merchant of Venice 
not till 1598. 

To lave the reader the trouble of referring to the two Plays, 
I tranfciibe a few examples from the laft editions of them 

in 



Appendix. ,209 

iln Mr. Reedi't Olb Piays, Vol. VJIL ?ind 4/r. Siavim"^ 

Shakspeahe, Vol. III. 

Bardbas. Mine Argefic from Alexandria, p. 307, 
Shy lock. He hath an A^gofy bound tq Tripolis, p. 145. 
Barabas. Swinc-ea^ingA^hriftians. P. 33i., 

The fla^^ looks like a hpgVcheek new linged. 

^Bhjid9ci* Tofmell pork; to eat of the habitation yrhich 
your prophet tl^c Nazarite conjvircd the devil 
into. P. ^46. 
Marabofn ^]ow will I Jheyv myfelf to bave more of the 

ferpent than the dove, P. 33a. 
Shybfi. If I can catch him once upon the hip,* 

I will feed fat the ancient grudee I bear him. 

P. 146- 
Sarahas. 'f ^hey fay we are a fi:atter*d ration ; 
I cannot tell, bur, &c. P. 310. 

--. is your gold and filver ewes and rams ? 

Sfybci. I cannot tell, I make it breed as Caft. P. 149, 
B:arabas. I learn *d tn Florence how to Jcifs my hand, 

Heave up my fhoulders when they call me dog. 
And duck as low z$ any barefoot friar. P^ 332. 
Shylcc^i. Still have I borne it with a patient fhru^ ; 
For fufFcrance is the badge of all our tribe : 
You call me — milbeliever, cut-throatdogr. 
And fpit upon my Jewiih gaberdine. P. 150. 
Thou call^dft me dog, before tho^ hsui'ft a cauie. 
P. 202. 
Barabas. -^ 'Tis not a ftone of beef a* Jay 

Will maintain you in tbefc chops^ P. 336. 
Shylock. — I'hou (halt not gormandise, 

As thou haft done with me. P, 167. 

Barabaf. Thy fatal birth-day, forlorn Bfirahas. P. 139, 
Shylock. Would, any of the ftpcii of barrahas 

Had been her hulband, rather than &c. P. 225. 
•1 believe it is generally imagined that the allufion here is 
to Barabbasy who was releafed by Pontius Pilate; and I have 
Jicard our oiherwife-fauUlrfs Aflor of Sbyloci, Mr^ MoikUny 
dcpent the mme Bara^bas^ as it is in the four gofpeh, 
though in Shakfpiare^ verfe it is uncjucftionabJy Barrub^a. 

I am of opm on that our Poet intended an allufion to the 
tben-'WrelUknovvn Dramatic Charafter, MarhweU Barahat^ 

P >hWO^» 



tie A P P E ^ D I X. 

wdfch is drawn fo fd'perlacivcly wicked as to be an objeft of 
deceftanon even to Shylock. To proceed in the parallels. 
Barabas* Well, then, my lord^ fay are you fatisficd? 

P. 3*8. 
Shjk^. — Is it anfwcred ? 

— Are you anfwered yet ? 
■ " ■■ Are you anfwered? P. ai3« aiy. 

Barabas. ' Are you fatisfied ? 

Yoi^ have tfiy gdods, my money, and my wealthy 
My fhiipir^ my ftore, and all that I enjoyM ; 
And having all, you can requeft no more, 
Unlfefs your unrelenting, flinty hearts 
Supprefs all pity in your ftony breafts. 
And now ihall move you to bereave my life. P. 3i8« 
Barabas. Why I efleem the iiqury far lefs 

To take the lives of mifetabls noen, 
Than be the caufer&of their mifery. Ibids 
Shykcb. Nay, take my life and all, pardon not that: 

You take my houfe, when you do uke the prop 
That doth fuftain my houfe; you take my life, 
When you do take the means whereby I live. 

p: 227. 

Barabar. But take it to you, i' th'devirs name. P, 318, 

Shylock. Why then the devil give him good of it; ! P. 226. 

He that denies to pay fhall flrait become a chriftian, 

Barabas^ How! achriftian? bum^ what's here to do> 

P. 3«S- 

Two things provided more— That, for this favour, 
He prefencty become a chriflian. P. 228» 

This iaft quotation is from Anthonio, the Merchant. 
Bar abas. And now and then one hang himfelf for grief. 
Pinning upon his bresifl a long great fcroil 
How I with intereft tormented him, P. 2i^ 
He feeks my life ; his reafon well I know ^ 
1 oft delivered from hir forfeitures 
Many that have at times made moan to me* 
This ir alfo- fpoken by Anthonio. 
Some of thefe pdiTa^es may not be thought fufficiently 
|>araUel to warfimt tbe^ eppolitioti h^re^ but they all affiu 
in Ihewing that Sbal^pean had Barabas conitantly in hn 
mind while he was writing the chara^er of Sbyloii : Ify as 

1 think 



A P P Ei N D I X. an 

I think It muft be allowed, he has borrowed an idea or ex- 
preffion here and there from Marlowt^ he has more than re- 
paid the obligation by teaching his brother play-wrights a 
propriety and decorum, in The Merchant of Venice^ which 
The Jew ef Mahay and many other ncrvoufly- written old 
Dramas are notorioufly defective in. 

There is a beauty in Shakfpeare's Jew, which I think has 
tiot been perceived by the Commentators oil our immortal 
bard. 

Tubal tells Shylock that one of Anth^nio^s creditors fhewed 
him a ring he had of JeJJicay his daughter, for a monkey. 

^i^&fi exclaims, 

«« Out upon her ! Thou tortureft me, Tubal : it waa 
my turquoife ; I had it of Leah, when I was a batchelor : 
I would not have given it for a wildernefs of monkies.^' 
P. i88. ' 

Inftead of ShykcPs valuing his turquoife, as foroe of the 
nioft intelligent readers and explainers of Shaifpeare con«- 
jcfture, on account of the imaginary virtues formerly af- 
cribed to that fione, I am of opmion that, notwithftanding 
the prefent depravity of the Jew's heart, he efteems it be^ 
caufe it was the gift of his beloved Leah (his wife perhaps 
afterwards, and the mother of JeJJica) while a maiden, to 
him, then a young, enamoured, uncorrupted batchelor: It 
is the only touch of tendernefs in his chara^er (for his 
abje£l, broken fpirit after his defeat on the trial, unlike the 
aifediag humiliation of PFolfey after his fall, is mer,ely the 
unpitiable confequence of difappointed rancour) \ and, for 
the honour of human nature, let us not diveft him of it: 
Milton (as Dr. Upton obferves) would not paint even Satan 
without fome virtue \ and, however execrable a chara£ler 
Shylock may be, furely Shakfpeare could not intend to draw 
him, a3 Marlowe had injudiciouily drawn Barabas, worfe 
than the DeviL 

The commentators, and aAors alfo, are divided in their 
opinion, whether Shylock, in his argument on the trial, 
(hould fay, a woollen bagpipe, or a fwolUn bagpipe. See 
P*2l6. 

Though neither woollen nor fwol/en may be right, I cannot 
omit quoting an appofitc paflagc from Dr. KtngU 5th letter 
prefixed to his /trt if Cookery. 



an A P P £ N fJ I 3L 

*< The SLeader may not have a juft idea of zjwol^muitmif 
which is a Iheep roafted in its wool^ to fave the labour o€ 
neaing.V Johnfon's Poets, VoK XX. P. i8z^ 

Dr. Johnfon fpppofes (and^ with deference to the opinions 
of other gentlemen, I think fo too) chat ^^ the authour 
wrote wooden bag«pipe, meaning chat the bag was of leather, 
and the pipe of wooi!^ 

It is to be obferved in ifavour of woodeny that it comes 
nearer the trace of the letters in the word woollen^ which 
poiTeifes all the editions of aothorkjr, than any other pro- 
pofed reading doe$. 

With regard to the preceding very contefted paflag^, 
. »< . . . • ' n H ■ For affcfiions, 

Mafters of paflion, fway it to the mood 
Of what it likes, or ioaths.'' P. 214 & 215. I^ edit. 

Or, as it (lands in the fecond folio, 
^< Cannot contain their Urine for afib£lion« 
AJaiflrrso^ pafSon fvvayes k to the moode 
Of what it likes or loaths,'* 
Mr. MaWne, in his nate oa it, rightly ob&n^s that/JiM;^, 
the reading both of the quarto and folio, cannot agree "with 
m^Jler$ as a fubfhmtivc. 

*• Might we not read? (he fays) 
^ ■ ■. I .. for aHneflion 

Mafters our pa0ion, fw<Qs it to the mood 
Of what it likes or loa£b«, 
I underftand (he adds) ihy paffi9n in this place, iivfsral feft- 

And in his SuppIcaaeiH, V. L P. 123 &; 124, 1» fays, 
" Or with ftill lefs ciiange, we might read : 

. ,.-^ foraffibiftion, 

Mafter of paffioli, fways it to the mood, &c.'* 
Miftrefs was formerly {^\t Maifiriji or Maifireu 
' In Upton's and Church's Spenjer we have, 

#4 .^.^..M-- — - Young birds, which he bad taueht to fing 
His maiftreffe praifes/' B. HI. C. VIL St. 17, 

This, I prefume, is the reading of the iirft edition ^ die 
three fir ft books of the Fairy Queen, 1590, which I Imlv© 
not ; in the fecond •edition, 1596, and the folios, 1609 and 
161 X, it is fpelt »i/y/rr;^i?. 

; In Bulleyn's Dialogue we have, *^ my maiftchr and my 
ny^iftres.** Sec page 219 of tWs Appendix. 

- ^ Pccbapi 



APPENDIX- ai3 

Perhaps Maiflm (cafily corrupted^ by the traAfpofitioa 
d( the r and e^ into Mai/iefs^ which is the reading of th^ 
fecond fdlio of Shalfpan) might bav<e been the Poet^f 

Mr. Steeven^, in bis note on this difficult pafl*age, given 
a oaotation from Othellto, \^hicb countenances this fyppufej 
dimrence of gender in the novin. 

*• And though we have here a fubftituteof moft aHowcd 
fufficiency, yejt ^*«/i«, a fovtreign mi/hefs of tjffifs^ throws 
g more life voice on you '' 

Admitting Maijlres to have been Shakfpeare's vvord^ we 
may, according to modern orthography, read the p^ag^ 
ihus : 

« — .-^^ . ■ ., I *r* For afFeftion, 

MiArefs of paflion, fways it to the mood 
Of what it likes, or loatbs.'^ 
In the Latin, it is to be obferved, Jffe&io ^vAPoffto asc 
feminine. 

In the fame fcene Sbyhiik fays, 

f * TKefe be the Chriflian hufbands : I have a daughter 5 
Would, any of the flock of Barrabas 
Had been her hulband, rather than, a Chriftian /" 

P. 224 & 225. 
'^The following is extra£)ed from the Journals of the 
Houfe of Commons, 1701. 

*f A Petition of the Minifters, Churchwardens^ Over- 
fcers of the Poor, and principal Inhabitants, of the re- 
fpeftive Parlfhes of St. Andrew Underjhoft ; St. HuttolpVsy 
Bifimpfgau\ St. Butto/ph's, AUgate-, St. Cath. Cretd Church -. 
S/, Cathtrino Ccleman ; and St. JameSj Duke^s Plaft ; in the 
City of London ; was prefented to the Houfc, and read ; 
fetting forth. That moft of the Jews in Loudun live in the 
faid Pariflies.; ancl, though they enjoy the Fr'^tedion of the 
Government, and the free Exercife of their Religion, and 
grow rich, yet they bear fuch a hatred to our National Re- 
ligion, that, in cafe any of their Children embrace the 
fame, they utterly difown them, and treat them with greac 
Cruelty ; an inftance whereof appears by the Daughter of 
Jacob Mindes dt Bxcta^ a rich Jew in St. Andnvi^^i TJnder^ 
Jhafty who being convtrted to ^e Chriftian Faith, he uticrW 
difowns her for his Child, and refufcs to maintaii^ her; fo 
that fhc is now kept by the faid Panfh, fpr her iincour^ge- 



■> 



114 A P P E N q I 1^ 

meat, fuitable to her Education : And prayings That a Bill 
tnay be brought in to oblige Jacob Mendis de Breta m par-; 
ticular, and the Jews in general, to maintain, a^d provide 
for their Protcftant Children/' 

I do not recoiled whether or not the following extraft 
has been already publiftied in any Dramatic Hiftory, or 
Account of the Revolutions of the Englifh Stage ^ if it has, 
not^ it may be not improperly jnferted here**' 

^< Journals of the Houfe of Commons. 

23 Car. I. Dti Sabbati^ i6P Odlobris^ ^647. 

Fer the better Suppreflion of Stage-Plays, Interludes, and 
GommOn^Players ; It is this Day Ordered^ by the 
and Commons, in Parliament aifembled. That the Lord 
Mayor, Jufticcs of the Peace, and Sheriffs of the Cities of 
London and Weftminfier^ the Counties of Middle/ex and 
Surrey^ or any Two er more of them, {hall and may, and 
are hereby authorized apd required to enter intb all Houfes, 
and other Places, within the City of London and Libertiel 
thereof, and other Places, within heir refpedJivc Jujif- 
diftions, where Stage-Plays, Interludes, or other common 
Plays, arc or (hall be afted or played ; and all fuch coipmon 
Players, or A£lors, as they, upon View of them,* ot any 
cne of them, or upon Oath by Two credible Witneffes 
(which they are hereby authorized to minifter), fliall be 
proved before them, or any Two of them, to have afted or 
played in fuch Playhoufes or Places abovefaid; and all Per- 
son and Perfons fo offending, to commit to any common 
Gaol or Prifon, there to I'cmain until the next General Sef^ 
lions of the Peace, holdcn within the faid City of London^ 
or Liberties thereof, and Places aforefaid, or luf5cient Se- 
curity entered for his or their Appeai-ance at the faid Scf- 
fjons ; there tp be punifhed as Rogues, according to Law, 
The Lords Cdncurrcnce to be defircd herein." 

Had the great and good Shakfpeare and Alleyn then lived, 
and ventured to have exercifed their formerly-lawful pro-* 
feflion, they were liable " /<? hi punijhed as koguis^ according 
$0 LfOwJ* ^ 

This Edid is in the very Spirit of Prynn^ and might, like 
his inveftive againft the Stage, te very properly deno«^ 
-Biinitcd Histrio-Mastix, or, Thi Players' Scourge. 

Before 



APPENDIX, ai5 

Before I return to my Citizen atid his H^ift^ I beg leave * 
Id fay a few words on a fubjefl already touchM on. 

In a former part of this Farrago^ I have faid fomething^ 
almoft at a venture, on C&m and Clamour down: I have» 
fincethat fheet was printed o(F, met with a book, fom 
which I will give two or three extradls, that may be more 
ffltisfadory than what has been alrea(Jy faid concerning tho 
V7ord<tami which has derived a confequence from being 
mentioned (though midakenly) by Dr. Johnfon, in his Note. 
on Othello, before quoted. P. 612. V. X. laft ed. of Shak. 

[n ** Campanalogia improved lovy The Art of Ring^ 
iv^ made Ealle/' 8vo, 1702^ P. |6. & the following paf>* 

<< for other wife, by the Bellt {landing too long in lea^Iag 
Ctmpafs^ the reil are thrown and jumbled together; whereby 
Claps and Clanu (fo unpleaiing to the hearers) are ocf» 
€afi9nM,*' ?ind in P. 170, ^* here are alfo four concords tQ 
be regarded, that is, 13, 57, 24, and 68, thefe may go any 
P^^7/ moving after the fame manner as is before ihewn, by^ 
which great variety of excellent Mufical Changes may be 
Rung, in Ringing which they will lie, fometimes thirds, 
ipmetiaies fifths, and fometimes thirds and fifths, when 
they lie fifths thus, 15263748, 'tis then moft pleafant and 
excellent Mufick to rA»7i them; that is, the two notes of 
each concord to ftrike together, and if they -be clanCd true 
the eight 5W/r will ftrike like four, but with far gjfeater 
Mufick and Harmony ; they may clam two or three bouts 
and then open again, (In the Cyclopaedia, 1778, the word 
Clandestine is faid to come from the prepofition clam^ 
of mXiiw» claudoy IJhut.) or cUm one bout and ftrike opeq the 
next, obferving when they clam^ that the four biggeft notes 
of the Concords muft keep the true compafs and diftance of 
four Bellsy and the four fmall notes of the concords muft 
obferve to Pull fo as to ftrike exa£l)y at the fame time as 
the biggeft, and when they open again, to open in the 
true and exaA Compafs of ei^ht Sells ; and then to reduce 
the Bells into their places again. Hunt 765 up or 234 down, 
and this will bring the Bells round jntq their proper placet 
iigain.'" ■ .'.... 

This Campanahgia concludes thus,— <- 

^^ Having now gone through (and laid down plain and 
eafy Rules fv>r Ringing) feveral moii exc^lUnt and MuHcai 



ai6 APPENDIX 

Piali for Mirth and Kocreation, it may Hot be ^Thxb itijot, 
the inftrudioti of thofe that are not ao^amted therewith)[ 
we fay fomrwhat in Brief of a Funeral or Dead Peal. It 
being cuf^omary not only in this city of liondon, tipoa the 
l}eath of any Perfon that is a Member of any of the 
Honourable DC>cieties of Ringers ttere^ (but likewife in 
moft Countries and Tpwns in Englandy not only upon the 
death of a Ringer, but likewife of any young Man o^ 
tVoman) at the Funeral of every fucK Perfon to Rifig a 
JP^«/; which Pedl o.aght.to be JifFerent from thofe for Mirth 
and Recreation, (as the Mufick at the Funeral of any 
Mafter <Tf Mufick, or the Ceremony at the Funeral of any 
Perfon belonging to Military DifciplineJ and may be per-, 
formed two different ways ; the one is by Ringing the BiUs 
round at a fet Putl^ thereby keeping them up fo as to deity 
their ftrik'iDg, that there may be the diftancc of three notes 
at leafl (according to the true compafs of Ringing upon 
other occafions) between Bell and Bell^^2LtiA having gone 
round one If^le PuUtwtrj Bell (except the tenor) to fet 
and ftand$ whilft the tenor Rings one Pull in the fame 
compafs as before^ and this is to be done whilft the Perfon 
^Jeccafed is bnitiging to the ground, and after he is interred 
tp Ring a (hort Peal of- round Ringing, or Changes in true 
time and compafs, and fo conclude ; the other way is called 
Suffitting the Bellsy that is, by tying pieces of leather, old 
hat, or any other thing that is pretty thick, round the Ball 
of the Clapper of each Bellj and then by Ringing them as 
before is fbewn, they make a nticft Dolefull and Mournfult 
Sound, concluding with a fhort Peal after the Funeral is 
over (the Clappers being clear as at other times) which wa/ 
of Buffeitingis moft pra£tifed in this City of Lsndon*^ 

For the reader's immediate convenience I here fubjoin the 
paflage in Othello, and Dr, Johnfon'sf note; on it, on ac- 
count of which I have given ihefe Belfry-quotatrons. 
*♦* fcharm your tongue." Vol. X. P. 612, 
** I know not v^hether I have read, or whether my own 
thoughts have fuggeflcd, an alteration of this paflage# It 
fcems td me not improbable,, that Shakfpcare wrote cktn 
your tongue ; to clam a bell, is to cover the clapper with 
felt, wnich drowns the blov/, aiid hinders the found. 
> • ^ * ' ' • <* Johnson.** 

This 



A P P E N D IX. aiy 

ThU expialifttlon 9t the word ckm tke feregonng txtxzStf. 
pcott i» bd ari erf oQtous one. 

. Mr. NicholflL (who ha» kindly farouml me wkh iWeral 
ynnoticed hints and fnggeftioos) infof m§ tne^ that he laft 
tumthtf heard thd word Clam ufed by {cmt Bell-rihgera 
near Shakfpetare's qU Neighboui^iood, inafeuft ftill mora 
Qffo6$e XQ that of bhtJifiHg the founds 

Amidft the various modes of celebfatifl| Admiral Rodne/a 
yi£lorie$, the Bells were not permitted to remain filent ; a 
cioltej^ion was made through the town of HinckUj by the 
Rin^rs, who proinifed in return to give a g9od Clanty or 
&veral Clams^ in proportion to the money they ihould re- 
ceive : and this demonftration of joy feemed Very fuitable to 
the occafton, their Clam being a fudden and forcible Clap or 
kilang of all the Bells at oncey producing a found, or, if I 
may fo exprefs it, a platoon of founds, not much unlike that 
made by zveiUy of cannon. 

^ On the reVifidn 6f this flieet for the prcfii, and not before, 
the paiTage occurred, which, I fuppofe, fuggefted to me the 
word clamour in the fenie in which I have ufed it. In 7%« 
Winter^s TaUy P. 387, laft ed, the Clown fays to his ruftic 
Roxana and StatirX| f^ Clamour your tmgueSy dndnot a word 
more^ Upon which is the following note- ** The phrafe is 
taken from ringing. When bells are at the height, in order 
\o ceafe them, the repetition of the ftrokes becomes much 
quicker thati before ; this is called clamouring 'thebl The 
illufion is humourous. Warburton.'* 

By an unaccountable overfight I have made a ftrange 
blunder in a former part of this Appendix with regard to 
'Heywoad's Play of ^een Elizabeth j what I have there faid 
1 here beg leave to retrad : the Play, and the various cdi-^ 
tions of it are particularized in the 2d Vol. P. 164, of Mr. 
Reed's mod correal edition of the Biographia Dramatica^ 
under the double title of, *^ If you know not me, you know 
ifobody I Or^ the Troubles of ^een Elizabeth'' I am ob- 
liged to the intelligent Mr. Evans, the Bookfeller, for the 
detetSlioTi of this error. 

Thefe acknowledgments being made, I will return to 
my loAg neglcfled travellers at the Inn. 

The CitiTun and his ^Pi/ir being (hewn into a room, he 



ai$ A P P E N D I X^' 

;,^^ TkU U^acomlk parlour^ vcric nedie and trimlle apy 
parelled, London like, the windowes axe well gla(edy add' 
fiuif^ -clothes with plea&uhte borders aboot the fame^ wit}| 
ipafiy wife faiynges painted upon theim.'^ 

jThcfc "yiiyafw" being in L^n^ the Citizen tranflates 
t^em.fpr the inforination of his wife, and explains. to her 
the meaning oJF the " pi^wns^in the *^ hordvrt^ whii^ arc 
il)4egorical : and many of them cuttingly fatirical upon the 
corruption, of men and manners* 

. { wiU tranfcrtbe the defcripcion and explanation of one of 
t}ipni only ; pot as it is better than the reft, (which is far 
from being the cafe) but as it gives ps an example of (he 

There is alfo painted a luftie yong man, fioping doune t^ 
a Tcflleil, in whiche fwimmeth bothe Eles and Snakes, he 
feemeth to <;atcb one of. them.: what meaneth that i 

CiviSf 

Ha, ha, ha, it is merily handled forfbthe it is ope that 
is overcome^ cither with love or coveteoi^fne^e. 
He goeth a woyog, my dyng, dyng % 
and if he fpedcth my darlyng. 
what getreth he my fwetyng t 

Forfoth, cither a ftrpente, that will ftyng hiiii all his life 
^ith craell wordes, or els fwetc harte with pleafaunt (pcach| 
that when he thinketh her moofte fure, he bath but a quicke 
Elc, you knowe where. Ha, ha, ha/' 

R^ger now enters, and defcribes Mendax thus : 

•* Sir, there is one lately come into this hall, in a grepc 
Kenda,!e cote, with yellow hofe, a bearde of the fame 
colour, onely upon the upper lippe ; a ruflette hatte^ with 
a greate plume of ftraunge Feathers, and a brave fcarfc 
aboute his necke, in cut buik^ins. He is plaiyng at the trea 
trippe with our hoft fonne: he p^ieth tricke upon th^ git- 
tame, and daunce Trechmore, and Heie de Gie, an^ telleth 
newes fro Tera Florida. He lokcth a fquinte, \ did fee him 
gcvc the* good man, a pece of a Unicornes horne, go<d 
a^ainft poifon : he Icmcth a pretie Scholcr. But I h?ira 
him praie the chamberlain in his care, to lepd him vi d, 
upon a prcffi'ig yron, which ch?berl^in refufcd the gage. 



A p a E N D. I x; aif 

Civis. 

Jlliigtr^ call hjxn into dioer^ it is (bine pleafauntc felowe, 
^nd lacketb.m ney belike, through travatlCf the'p(x>re mail 
i^ djriven tq hifi (hiftes, apd WQXM make other men xncr'w^ 
virhcn he vycpcth in 'hi| h^tc, ; 

Good boufebande, cal in fbme grave compahie. What 
(hould focbe Jackfs arid tofiepottes doe here ? He femeth to 
be fome tbtef or ruffin. Fie on him variety fie^ fic« 

Roger. 

By our ladie I will fetche him into dinner : h^ is a good 
companion fofTiie, Wee fliall h^are xipwcit 

Go thy waies quicklie.'* 

We muft now (upfpk Roger accofiing Mtndax in f he hal| 
of the Inii, 

«^ Roger. 

Sir, my maifter and my maiftres, praicyour maifterlhippe, 
to take the paines to come to their chambeir t whefe as yQi| 
Aal be hartely welcome to their diner. 

Mtndax^ * 

^ir, I will walt$ upQi^ thf: but firfl I will uppn this 
ItVbctftoyie, (harpe my knife. 

Roger. 
^ir, here is this gentlcqian come : to kc|)C you compainie, 

Civh* 
Jle is mofte hs^rtely >yelcoq[ic, fct hym a chaire, geve him . 
a trencher and a napkin : I pray you take part of I'oche as 
Pod have fent, if it were at l^ndpn^ 1 might make you 
better chcrc^ but here 1 can ijot. 

Mindax. 
Here is good chcre. I was there within thefe x weekcs, 
that I would have geven xx fhillinges for foche a lofias this: 
Whereas no foche chere was to be had. 

Cms. 

Wlicre was ^hat, J praie you gentle maiilcr : I cannot tcU 
^^at to call yoo, nor o( what fountree you are t 



%2x> A P P E N D J 36, 

Mindax. 

Sir, I was borne nere oato Tunbrigi, mhtrt fine knitei 
sire made, my naoie it Mkndax^ a yongtt brother^ Hnially 
defcended of an anncieot honfe, before tlie Conqoeft. We 
geve three Whetftones in Gules, with tie diflference, 

[See •* Tou may wear y9ur rui with a diffirnm^^ and Mr, 
Stecvens's note thereon^ in laft edit, of Smkipeare, VoU X^ 
P* 357* See alfo the Supplement^ Vol, h p. 4g5y note 9.} 
and upon our crefte a lefte hande, with a borne upon tlM^i 
thobe [thumb] and a knife in the hande. The fupporters' 
are a Foxe on the one fide, and a Frier on the other fide. 
And of late I trarailcd into Terra Florida^ whereai I felt 
bothe wealth and woe : the blacke Oxe never trode upon 
my foote before, a Do^ hare but a daie. Wee are borne 
all to travaile, and as for me I have but little to lofe : yet I 
am a g^tleman, and cannot finde in m j harte, to plaie the 
Have, or goe to Carte. I never could abide it by the MaiTe.**' 

He then relates, with great volubility, his travels and 
adventures ; in comparifon of which MandiviUe and Mindez 
PinioU are trifles : but inftead of following this loquacious' 
Kar through his wonderful peregrinations, I will only, as 
^^ a tafte of his quality,'' tranfcribe two ihovt accounts he 
gives ; the latter of which feems to have confirmed the Ci- 
tizen^s wife in the prepofleffion flie firft conceived agaiaft 
our traveller. 

^ Mindax. 

In the Ifle called Rucy in the greate Canes lande^ I did fee 
Mermaides and Satyres, with other fifhes by night, come 
i'ower miles from the fea, and climed into trees, and did 
eate Dates and Nutmegges, with whom the Apes & the 
Babians [baboons] had moche fightyng, yellyn^ and criyng. 
In this lande I did fee an Ape plaie at ticke tacke, and after 
tit Iriihe on the tables, with one of that lande t and alfo a 
iParate, geve one of their gentle. women a checke mate at 
Chcffe. 

*' Sii^, in the landes beyond Cuba^ whereas the people doe 
curfe t)ie Sunne at noone becaufe it burneth them. There 
a'c many lilandes emong them. There is a fletyng Illand, 
iwimmirig above the fea, by what meancs I knowe not, 
Whether occafioned by corcke, Wolle, &c.' it would by the 
wind jbift fro place to place. Some faied it was a ibreed 
f ' of 



f{ 



APPENDIX. 2U 

tX the bankes of Paradife, broken througli the forfe of 
gauges, and Co in continuance brought doune : it was not 
brode. In thatlfle wcr but fcwe people, and the men of 
that place doe by proper arte, with a fharpe Fltnte ftone 
ivorme the women, and pretelie cutte their tongues, and 
take foortbe a fmall Slerpente alive, and heale their tongues 
again with herbc Grace." 

The reader will recollefl that Roger j on the jonrnev, faid 
to his roiftrefs, ^^ you wer never well ivvrtmd^ w^ii you wer 
^oung." 

Thetuomeot our offended female can get an opportunity^ 
(he f^s, 

<^ Gopd houfcbande hearken in youreare^ I vnoulil Qpeaks 
with you fwete harte. 

Gvis. 

Speake on youre mynde good Sufan : what is the matter 
woman? 

Vx^r. 

Sir, this is a blinde iyed ihameles ruffe, a roge, I warrants 
hym, and a thefe. This knave is hable to make diildrea 
run from their parentes, fervautes robbe their maiflers, 
yong heires to fell their landes, men to run from their 
wives, and women alfo. [from their hu/bands. I imagine 
Ihould follow. Editor.] You maie knowe by his Armes of 
what ftocke he cometh, I warrant him fr5 drouniog, and 
diyng of the Peftilence. Oh villaine, he wil be hanged* I 
daie faie he knoweth al kindes of theves, vagabondes, ro-* 
vers, & hafarders* I like not his words, nor bis brag* 
gyng countenaunce, let us hence, 

Gvis. 

Well, moche good doe you, you have taken moche paioe^ 
but fmalle |)rofite9 you have travailed farre, and maie fpeake 
by aufihoritee. Come, take away, paie the reconyng : 
RogeTy horfe, horfe, and awaie« 

Roger m 
All ihynges are readie^ Sir. 

Gvis. 
Fare ye well gentle frcndc.*' 

The Citisxn (with bii wife and fervant) now contbives 
bit journey \ or, at it may be more properly called, bis 



2S2 A P P £ N D I JC. 

flight from Death ; who, as I have already faid, br^tMeet 
him on the road. Here begins the allegorical part of thi$ 
progreffive drama. 

The fcene between Civis and Mors is worthy of entire 
tranfcription ; but, left thefe extracts fhould be thought toii 
copk>us, I will only inferc the grim tyrant's falutation. 
« Mors. 

You are well overtaken, I am glad that we are met to«- 

f ether : I have feen you fins [fince] that you were borne, 
have thretened you ih all your fickneJTeSy but you did 
jtever fee ipe, nor remebred me before this d'aie, neither had 
I power to have taken you with mc untill now : For I have 
tbmmiflion to ftrike you with this blacke dart, called the 
peftilence, my maifter hath fo comaunded me.*' 

After the departure of Mors, the Citizen dcfircs his wife 
^nd fervant to hetpe him into fome houfe, where he may 
be attended by a " mannc of God.*' 

Thiohgus, who is drawn fuitably with his name and holy 
fundion, vifits and prepares him for his approaching dil- 
folutioA. 

Having fet his " worldly thinges in order," and given his 
wife advice relating to her future conduft, Civis fays, 
. *• when my fpirite is gone, I praie you burie my bodie with 
comelines, not with ponipe, and ufe it as an infttument, 
wherin the foule hath dwelled, and whiche the foule fhall 
poffes again in honour, in that blcffed refurreftion." Of 
which Tbeologus had been difcourfing. 

After fome time fpcnt in prayer, Civis yields up his 
breath, faying, 

** Lorde receive my foule into thy handes; thou God of 
^truthe." 

Theoiogus then finifhes the Dialogue with a prayer, of 
which this is the cdnciufion. 

•* We thank thee dere father of all mercie, that now it 
hath pleafed thee, to take to thy naercie at this prefent tune 
our brother^ whom thou hafte elected, confecratcd^ and now 
he fhail by thy mercie and pitee bee fan£lified unto thee, to 
be a citezen of eternall glorie, now dooe flefhe and blpode 
ferfake him, and all his worldlie ftrength faileth liyni. 
Novir is the Urgaines yeldyng up the heavenlie foundo, his 

fiulc 



^ P P E N D 1 *. ii3 

foule Cometh now unto thee^ good Lorde receive it to thy 
mercie, into thine everlaftyng glorie : where as Abraham^ 
Ifaacy and Jacob, are continuallie. 

To thee, oh heavenlic Father, 
be inceifaunt honour and glorieu 
Amen/' 

I have now given the reader as full an idea of this Mo« 
RALITY (which it deferves to be called, in the ^rucft fcnfe 
of the word), as my fmall ikill in feledlion could produce, 
and the nature of this mifcellaneou^ pubilcation would ad- 
mit of; the moft material part paffcd over, bcfides Roger's 
ftories on the road, the defcription and explanatioi;! of the 
^* fairc clothes/^ and the difcourfcs of Mtndasty Mors^ and 
TheologuSy is what Medicus Capifiranus fays to Antonius (of 
whofe deceafe, I fhould have mentioned before. We ate in- 
formed) relating to the Peftilence ; with preventions of, 
and cures for that moft dcftruftivc of all diftempcrs : which, 
being in a great degree technical, thofugh it might have in- 
formed fome, would have entertained very few or none. 

By the death of the moft amiable, as well as that of th» 
richeft perfon, in this morel Dialogue, we are taught that 
however good or great we may be^ to j>i£ is th£ in£vitabjlx 

LOT OF ALL WHO HVB ! 



-all, that live, muft die. 



Paffing through nature to eternity." 

Hamlet, V, X. P. 187, laft edit. 

Ample information on the fubjeft of our old Mysteries^ 
Moralities, and Dialogues, may be received by thofe 
who want it, if they will coniult Mr. Warton's Hiftory of 
Engli(h Poetry, Vol. I. Seit. 6. and Vol. II. Seft. 15 and 
16. Dr. Percy's Eflay on the Origin of the Englifh Siagc, 
Vol. I. Reliques of Ancient Englifti Poetry, and the Pre- 
faces, &c. to the Dramatic Lift before recommended. 

In a colIeSion of Poems chiefly Spiritual, and nearly as 
old as BuUeyn^s Dialogue, is the following hioral one^ 
which may ferve as a kind Of Epilogue to the mutilated re- 
impreffioi^ I have given of that Drama of Human Life. 






ftH APPENDIX. 

M Upou tbi Imagi rf DiMb. 
Before iny face the pifture bangs. 
That daily ihould put me in mind 
Of thofecold names, and bitter pangs, . 
That fhoitly I am like to find : 
Bat jet alas full little I 
Do thinke hereon that I muft d^r* 

I often looke upon a facje 

Moft «gly> griuy, bare^ and thinne ; 

I often view the hollow place^ 

Where eies and nofe had fometim^ blo^ 

I lee die bones acrofle that lie. 

Yet Gttle think that I muft die. 

I reade the L^bell underiteath 
That teUeth me whereto I muft, 
1 fee the fentence eake that faith, 
Rcmemjber man that thou art duft 
Biiit y«t ^aJAs but feldoroe I 
Ppe thinke indeede th$u J wuft die. 

ContinQtlly at my beds head 

A hcarfe doth hang, which doth me lA 

That I ere morning may be dead, 

Tboogh now I feek myfetfe ful wall : 

Bet yet alas, for ^1 thisl 

Haye little minde that I muft die, . 

The gowne which I do ufe to wcarc^ 
The knife wherewith I cot my nte»te» 
And ek« that pld ^nd :ai^)ent thuire^ 
Which is my opely juOi^ll feate ; 
All tbofe do tel ^ne I muft die. 
And yet tny life ameftd no): J* 

My anceftors are turnd to ctciy^ 
And mapy of miy m%i^ dfe^gpiit. 
My ypng^f^ daily dFpp «way> 
' AiBd can I thinke to is^^i^3^^^ 
Ki9^ no, I know tbfit I mpft di^f 
And yet my life amend not J. 



Not 



A 1^ P E N D I X; 2l«5 

Not Salomon for all his wit, 

Nor Sam/on though he were fo ftrohg, 

No king nor perfon evef yfet 

Could fcape, but death laid him along : 

Wherefore 1 know that I mult die. 

And yet my life amend not I. 

Though all the Eaft did quake to heiire 
Of Alexanders drcadfull name^ 
An4 all the Weft did likewife fearc 
To heare of Julius Cafars fame. 
Yet both by death in.duft now lie; 
Who then can fcape but he muft die ? 

If hone can fcape deaths dreadful! dart^ 
If rich and poore his beckc obey^ 
If ftrong, if wife, if all do fmart^ 
Then I to fcape Ihatl have no way. 
Oh grant me grace O God that I 
My life may mend, fith I muft die.** 

The defcription of the chamber in the iirft four ftanz3$ 
reminds us of the parlour at thelnn^ with *^ faire clothes^ 
having " piftures** and " faiyngs'* painted upon them. . , 
Thefc " faire clothes" were, I apprehend, what we qall 
Tapeftry. . : 

It is, perhaps^ necefiary to inform the reader from what 
colledlion of poems (and by whom written) this^ ** Upon the 
Image of Death*' is taken ; but I muft previbuOy make fome 
iKort cXtrafts from the Fiiftory oi Englilh Poetry. 

" That feniible old Englifli critic, Edmund Bolton, in a 
general criticifm on the ftyle of our moft noted poets before 
the year 1600, fays, 

* Never muft be forgotten St. Peter*s Complaint, 
and xhofe other ferious poems faid to be father Southwell*s : 
the Englifh whereof, as i^ is moft proper, fo the iharp^efs 
and light of wit is v6ry rare in them.* Vol. III. P. ayj, 
& feq. ... ^..» 

** Bifhop Hall, in his nervous and elegant fatires printed 
in 15799 meaning to ridicule and expofe the fpi ritual poetry 
with which his dge was overwhelmed, &c. Having men- 
tioned Saint Peter's Complaint, wcitten by Robert 
Southwell, and printed in 1595, with fome other religious 
cffufions of that author, he adds, &c." Ibid. P. \\'\ ^SJA '>^\'^* 



^ APPENDIX. 

** George Chapman in the preface to his tranflation of 
Homer pays his acknowledgements ^ to his inoft ancient, 
learned, and right noble friend, Maftcr Richard Stapikon." 
Ibid. P. 442. 

*^ Already mentioned as the publifher of a poetical mif- 
cellany in 1593- Supr. p. 401. * The Spiritual Poems or 
hymnes of K. S.' are entered to J. Bufbie, Oft. 17, 1595. 
Regiftr. Station. <X foi; 3. b." 

Mr. War ton's note on " Mafter Richard Stapikon." 
This note, as I conceive, implies that Mr. W. has never 
fccn *' The Spiritual Poems, &c.** and that from the initials 
R. S. he fuppofes them to have been written by Richard 
Stapilton. If I am miftakcn in my conjedure I am fure 
Mr. W. will pardon me ; my fole view in making the ob- 
fervation, as it was in all I have prefumed to make, being 
to ferve, in however fmall a degree, the general .c^yfe of 
polite literature : in which underti king he is fo diftinguifhed 
a leader. 

But, to the book in queftion.^ 

I have thefe " Spiritual Poems ;*' and, from a comparifon 
of the title-page t^iereof with thofe to Saint Peter's 
Complaint; ^iid a profe-work, caHed The Triumphs 
OVER DeathT, with the author's name at full length in ih^ec 
copies of verfes-pFefixe^iJ to tl>e latter, theyafc all afccrtained 
to have been written by Robert Southwell. 

"I 'will trahfcrihe the tbreetitle-pages in the order in which 
the books were publilhed. 

" Saint Peter's Complaint, Nevply auzmented^ with 
other Paeiiis. London^ Printed by H.L. iw Wllliom L^^ke : 
and are.to be fold at bis (bop in P^ules Church-yard, ViX the 
fighe of the holy Ghoft.'' 

"/:'...' ..••■■NvP* Nodat/B. ~. 

; ^^ Maeaot^f or, Ceiltaine excejleot Poems and ijnirittfail 
rBijfpnci : Omitted mt^e loft Imprt§io^ nf Piters. Complaint \ 
A^M ^'^^fi^^^ <$hireidnto to hi anne.^d^ as hrnig i?atb Diwkie 
and Wtttie* . : 

!,>j. AH compofed by R/;S, ' * ' \ '' 

^' LcjNDON, Prkud iy : Valmfme Sims, f^ Jjihn Bftfbte^ t|9!j'*" 






u ^ji'E 



A i> P E N b I X. : 2«7 

^^ THE Triumphs over Death : OR, 

A Confolatptie Epiftle, for afflifted minds, in the affcAs 
6f dying friends; 

Firji written for the confolation of one : but nowe pubKJhed 
for the gemrall good of dlt^ by R. Si tha Aathour tif S, PcterS 
Complaint, and Mcebniae his other Hfmnesi, 

London, Printed by Valentine SimmeSy for John Bufbie^ 
and are to be fold at Nicholas Lings (hop at the Weft end pf 
Paales Church. 1596.'* 

«< The Epijile Dedicatorie^' is in fix ftanzas, addrefled 
^' To the Worfhipfull M. Richard SackviUy Edward Sackvile, 
Cicilie Sackvile, and Anne Sackvile, the hopeful! iffues of 
the honourable Gentleman maifter Robert Sackvile.Efquire." 
and fubfcribed " Your worfhips humbly devoted, 

John Trufiel.'^ .' 

I ^Hl tranfcribe the fecohd, third, and fourth Stanaas of 
- this Epiftle, as they inform us who was the fubj £1 of the 
kork itfelf, and alfo that the Author thereof was then dead. 

<* The fmalleft fparke will caft a burning heat, 
Bafe cottages may harbour things of woonh. 
Then though this Volume be, nor gay, nor great^ 

Which under your Proteflion I fet foorth, 
Do not with coy difdainefuU bverfight 
Deny to reade this well meant orphantd mite. 

Arid fince his father in his infancie 

Provider! patrons to ptote£l his heire : 
But now by Deaths noni-fparing cruelties 

Is turn'd an Orphan to the open aire : 
I, his unworthy fofter -fire have darde, .. ' 

To make you Patronizer of this warde. 

Vdu glorying iffues of that glorious daitie, 
Whofe life is made the fubjeft of deaths will^ 

To you> fucceeding hopes of mothers fame, 

I dedicate this fruit of Southwe's (\m\\\ 

He for yOur uncles comfort firft it writ, 

I for your confolation print arid fend you it." 

After the Epiftle is an Acroftic doritairimg three fiahza<?, 

the two firft of fix lines each^ and the third of fcvco ; the 

. (X^% initiils 



aaS APPENDIX. 

initials of the firft (ixteen lines form the name of the Author 
of the book, thus fpelt. 

ROBERT SOUTHEWELL. 
It begins thus, 

•• R Reade with regarde, what here with due regarde, 
O Our fccond Ciceronian Southwell fent.'* 

And thus, with a duplicate of the initials, it continues 
till Robert Southewell is compleated : then follow thefe three 
lines without the initials being doubled. 

^* He here his talent trebled doth prefent, 
I, my poore mite, yet both with good intent. 
Then take them kindly bath, as we them ment, 

John Truffell." 
With an ingenuity peculiar to the fagacious writers of 
acroftics, the author of this one (if 1 have a luitable por- 
tion of fagacity to underfland it) means the H as an Hiero* 
glyphic of He or Him, i. e. Southwell; and the J. T. 
as defignations of the elaborate writer thereof, John 
Trussell. 

The initials forming Robert Southewell were doubled, I 
imagine, to detach the name from the concluding lines ; left 
the reader (hould overlook either the name, or Truffell's 
great ikill in collocation and combination. 

Thus do I m ke free to laugh at the innocent labours of 
John Truffell, and in like manner may my equally-trifling 
ones t)e treated. 

A third copy of verfes (as I have faid) addreffed '' To the 
Reader^* follows the acroftic; in the fo irth ftanzajof which 
is this paflage. " To reade what Southwell writ.'** 
Thefe verfes are figned John TruJpL 
After which, thei*e is an addrefs m profe of 

" The Author to the Reader.** 
Signed '• R. S." 

This book concludes with four Stanzas without a figna- 
tue; therefore, I fuppofe, written by Southwell: Trujfetl 
would not have let flip the opportunity of having his name 
agairt in print, 

I will tranfcri be thefe ftanzas, as they contain fome fur- 
ther account of the Buckhurfl family,; a name which ** Sack- 
viLE% Induction " has cpade precious to pofterity. 

« Of 



APPENDIX, 229 

*« Of Howards ftemme a glorious branch is dead. 
Sweet lights eclipfed were at her deceafe : 
In Buckehur/I line Ihe gracious iflue fpread. 

She hev'n with two, with four did earth increafe : 
Fame, honor, grace, gave ay re unto her breath, 
Reft, glory, joyes were fequeles of her death* 

Death amyde too high, he hit too choice a wight, 
ilenowned for birth, for life, for lively partes. 

He kiird her cares, he brought her woorths to light. 
He robd our eies, but hath inricht our harts : 

l^ot let out of her Arke a Noyes Dove, 

But many hearts were Arkes unto her love, 

Grace, Nature, Fortune did in hir confpire, 
To (hew a proofc of their united fldll : 

Sly Fortune ever falfe did foone retire. 

But double Grace fupplied falfe Fortunes ill : 

And though (he raught not to [falfe] Fortunes pitch, 

In Grace and Vertue few were found fo rich. 

Heaven of this heavenly Pearlc is now pofleft, 
Whofe luftre was the blaze of honours light : 

Whofe fubftance pure, of every good the beft, 
Whofe price the [heavenly] crowne of hieft right : 

Whofe praife to be herfelf, whofe grcaieft blis. 

To live, to love to be where now fhe is,** 

In thefe ftanza I have fupplied the words /^^ and heavenly \ 
as they, or feme others, are neccffary to the meafure : I have 
alfo omitted the worS In^ which begins the fecond Irne of 
the laft ftanza in the printed copy \ as it hurts both the 
fenfe and meafure. 

Prefixed to Saint Peters Complaint is an addrefs in 
profe of ** The Author to his loving Cofin^^ and two other in 
verfe of " The Author to the Reader," all three without a 
fignature. 

To Moeonia is prefixed an addrefs of ** The Printer to 
the Gentlemen Readers," fubfcribed 

** Youfs (kind Gentlemen) in all his abilities. J. B/* 
i. e. John Bufbie. 

0,3 In 



230 APPENDIX. 

In this addrcfs of the Publifhcr, directions arc given far 
reading tlie poems printed with 6'/. Pfter*s Complainty and 
fomc in ti.is lecond collcftion, called Mcsonia^ in^an inter-r 
livngled order, e. g. " having in this Treatife read Maries 
vilkation, the next thar fhould follow is Chrift's nativity, 
but being afbrc printed in tlie end of Peters Complaint, 
ve have here of purpofe omitted, ^c." whkh, if there were 
no other authority, is fufficitnt to prove ^' The Spiritual 
Poems or hymnes of R. b," mentioned by Mr. Warton, tp 
have been written, not by Richard Stapilton, but by Robert 
boijthwell. 

It is now time the reader were told, that the poerp *? Upon 
the Image cf Death'*^ is in the MoEONi^. 

The following is a Lift of all the Poems contained therein. 

*' The Virgine Alar its conception. Htr Nativitie. Htr 
Spoufalls* 1 he Hrgins Salutation, The Vifttation, [See the 
dir.cdion above ] His Circumcijim. The Epiphanie. The Pre-, 
Jintat'ton. The Flight into Egypt, Chrijis ^etu^ne out of Egypt. 
Chrijls bloody Sweat. Chrijis Jlceping Friends, The Firgin 
Aiory to Chrijl on the CrofjK A holy Eymne, 5. Peters 
(iffiitled MintL S. Peters remorfe. Man to the wound in Chrijis 
Jid''. Upon the Ifn->ge of Death, A Vale of Ttures, The pro^ 
dig a II Chi ids SouU wracke. Mam civiil warre. Seeke FUwers 
of Heaven.^- 

The '^ f^alt of Tcar^s^* will, for its defcriptivc imagery^ 
I dare fay, be accej:>table. 

*' A Vale there is enwrapt with dreadfull fhad^s, 

Whi'.h thicke of mourning pines flirouds from the fupne^ 
Where hanging clif:s yeld Ihort and dumpifh glades, 
Ar.d fnowy tlouds with broken ftieames do runne, 
Where eie-roume is from rocke to cloudie fkie. 
From thence to dales which ftormy ruines (hrowd. 
Then to the crufiied waters frothie frie, 
Which tumbleth from the tops where fnow is thow'd : 
Where ears of other found can have no choice, 
But various bluftring of. the ftubborne wind, 
]n trees, in caves, in ftraits with < ivers noife. 
Which nov;^ doth hide, now howie, now roare by Jtind: 
V*^ here u'a.ers wraftle with encountering ftones. 
That breake their flreames, and turne them into foame^ 
1 he hoilcw c.ovvds ful fraucrht with thunderinc: groans, 

wk4 



APPENDIX. 231 

With hideous thumps difcharge their pregnant wombe. 

And in the horror of this fearefull quier, 

Confifts the mpficke of this dolefull place : 

All pleafant birds their tunes from thence retire. 

Where none but heavy notes have any grace. 

Refort there is of none but pilgrim wights, 

That paffe with trembling fuote and panting heart. 

With terrour caft in cold and fliuddring frights. 

And all the place to terror framde by art : 

Yet natures worke it is of arte untoucht. 

So ftrait indeede, fo vaft unto the eie. 

With fuch difordred order ftrangely coucht, 

And fo with pleafing horror low and hie. 

That who it viewes m^ift needes remaine agaft, 

Much at the work, more at the makers might. 

And mufe how Nature fuch a plot could caft, 

Where nothing fecmed wrong, yet nothing right: 

A place for mated mindes, an onely bower. 

Where eyerie thing doth footh a dumpifh mood. 

Earth lies forlorne, the cloudie ike doth lower. 

The wind here weepes, here fighes, here cries aloude : 

The ftrugling floud betweene the marble grones, 

Then roaring beates upon the craggie fides, 

A little off amidft the pibble ftone^, 

With bubling flreams a purling noife it glides. 

The pines thicke fet, hie growne, and ever greenr. 

Still cloath the place with fliade and mourning vailc^ 

Here gaping cHiFcs, there mofle growne plaine is feene, 

Here hope doth fpring, and there again doth quaile. 

Huge maflie ftones that hang by tickle ftay, 

Still threaten foule, and feeme to Jiang in feare. 

Some withered trees afhamde of their decay, 

Befet with greene, and forcde gray cotes to weare. 

Here chriftall fprings crept out of fecret vaine, 

Straite hndes fome envious hole that hides their grainc. 

Here feared tufts lament the wants of grace, 

There thunder wracke gives teiror to the place. 

All pangs and heavie palfions here may find 

A thoufand motives fuitly to their griefes. 

To feede t «e forrowes of their troubled mind, 

And chafe away dame pleafures vaine rcleefes. 

To plaining thoughts this vaile a relt may bee, 



23? APPENDIX. 

To which from worldly toycs thcjr may retire, 

Where forrow fprings from wat^r, ftone, and tree. 

Where everie thing with mourners doth conipire. 

Sit here my foule, mourne ftreames of tears afloate. 

Here all thy finfuU foyles alone recount. 

Of fo'emn tunes nuke thou the dolefulfl: note. 

That to thy ditties dolor may amount. 

Wh?n Eccho doth repeate thy painefull cries, 

Thinke that the verie (tones thy finnes bewray, 

And now accufe thee with their fad replies, 

As heaven and earth (hall in the latter day. 

Let former fiults be fuell of the fire, 

For griefe in Limbecke of thy heart to ftill 

1 hy penfive thoughts, and dumps of thy defire. 

And vapour tears up to thy cies at will. 

Let teares to tunes, and paines to plaints be prefl:. 

And let this be the buithen to thy fong, 

Come d€epe remorfc, pofleffe my finful breft : 

Delights adue, I harbored you too long/' 

I have, I believe, corredled one line, which in the printed 
copy if, 

♦ * Thp wind here weepes, her fighes, her cries aloude." 
The e are two or three fimilarities of expreffion to ShakC» 
pea re, I think, in this poem. 

<* Where eie-roumc is from rocke to cloudie flcie. 
From thence to dales *' 

f « The poets eye 

ppth giance from heaven to earth from earth to heaven." 
Mid. Night's Dream, V. III. p. 104. laft Ediu 
*^ So ftrait indt-ed, fo vaft unto the eie.'' 
The nader is d.firpd to refer fpr this word vaft to the 
notes on ^' fcr that vaji of night that they may work " 

Tempeft, V. I, p, 28. laft Edit. 
To which the following may bp no improper companion, 
*? Guido reports, that there arp Spirits of fuch a merry 
Genius^ as they are infinitely delighted with fuch pleafant 
Conccipts : As there bee ohers full of melancholy and dif- 
content, who to vojie Tombes. filent caves, and darke 
(^harncll-houles, make their ufual frequent." 

Art afltrepe Hufband ?' A Boulfter Lefture, 1640 p. 94. 

With the note on the Tempeft, read alfo note 8. oa 

M yajll^ ftp9d.** Supplement tp Shakfpeare, Vol. L p. c68. 



APPENDIX, 1^33 

Dr. Johnfon fpcaking of Theobald and Pope*8 fubftitution 
oi foil for foul in the fccond fcene of the Tempcft (p. n.) 
fays, 

" To come fo near the right, and yet to roifs it is un*- 
lucky : the author probably wrote nofoslj no llain, no fpot/' 

With fubmiffion, 1 think that if foul is .not the true read- 
ing, foil is as likely to be the word as foil; it beings in x>uc 
fenfe of it, (ynonymous. 

In this ** Vale of Team** we read, 

** Here all thy dnfullfoyles alone recount.'* 

If it (hould be thought that foyles does not in this place 
mt,?iti Jlains or fpots (which I think it does), there is a paf^ 
fage in ** A Difcourfc of the maner of the Difcoverie of 
the Powder Treafon," printed in K. James's Works, folio, 
1616, where to foiU evidently means to foil or dirty. 

" Before this time alfo it was thought convenient to have 
a houfe that might anfwere to M. Percies, where we might 
make provifion of powder and wood lor the Mine, which 
jbeeing there made ready, ihould in a night be conveyed by 
bo^te to the houfe by the Parliament, becaufe wee were 
loath to foiU that with often going in and out." P. 236. 

Poile |s but another mode of fpeiling File^ to Defile i fee 
Pr. Johnfon's note on 

^' For Banquo's iflue have I fii'd my mind." 

Macbeth, Vol. IV. P. 524. laft Edit. 

I do not, however, perceive the leaft occafion to depart 
from the old reading of the paffa^e in the Tcmpeft. 

H -, — r- that there is no foul ■■ 

No^ not fo much perdition as an hair. 
Betid to any creature, &c." 

See Mr. Steevens*s note. 

In the Continuation ot The Sad Shepherd, Lorel fay 
to Puck J 

« Ne'er fal ye find the fma'cft fpot o'dirt, 
Toyi/Vyer rainlx)w-robe. &c.*' 

As/// is the Scottifh word^ in ufe to this day, for JefiU^ 
(the glpffary to Douglas's Virgil has Filit, foul'd, defiled^) 
this would have been more properly expreflcd. 

To file ycr rainbow-robe, &c. and the reader is requcfied, 
\i the Continuation is worth corre£ling, to alter the paiTage, 
which pccurs in the fifth a£t^ according to th^ above va- 
^iatign^ 



«J^ A P P E N D I X. 

J forgot to obfcrvc In the Supplemental Notes that Mr. Pen- 
nant, in his Tour xn Scotland, 1769, dcfcribes fome 
rural fcftivah not much unlike the one Friar Tuck and the 
Woodmen fpeak of in P. 104 and 105. Whalley's Edition 
of Sap Shepherd. 

txtrafts fu m fo ingenious and pleafing a writer muft be 
agreeable, though ever fo mifplaced ; the kind reader will 
indulgently refer the following to their proper one in the 
Supplemental Notes J after 

" P. 104- To cut the table out o' the green fwerd." 
and the parallels from Drayton and Milton. 

*• On the ift of May, the [Highland] herdfmcn of every 
village hold their Bel^tein, a rural facrificc : they cut a 
fquare trench on the ground, leaving the turf in the middle; 
on that they make a fi e of wood, on which they drefs a 
large caudle of eggs, butter, oatmeal and milk ; and bring, 
belides the ingredients of the caudle, plenty of beer and 
whilky; for each of the company muft contribute fome- 
thing. The rites begin with fpiliing fome of the caudle on 
the ground, by way of libation : on that, every one takes a 
cake of oatmeal, upon which are raifed nine fquare knobs, 
each dtdicated to fome particular being, the fuppofed pre- 
ferver of their flocks and herds, or to fome particular animal, 
the real deftroyer of them : each perfon then turns his face 
to the fire, breaks off a knob, and flinging it over his 
ihoulder, fays, This I give to thee^ preferve thou my horfis ; 
this to iheey prejerve thou my Jheep \ and fo on. After that, 
they ufe the fame ceremony to the noxious animals : This I 
give to thee^ O Fox ! fpare thou my lambs ; this to thee, O 
hooded Crow I this to thee, O Eagle! 

When the ceremony is over they dine on the caudle ; and 

': after the feaft is finifhed, what is left is hid by two perfons 

deputed for that purpofe; but on the next Sunday they re- 

afl'emble, ard finifli the relicjues of the firft entertainment.'* 

To which is fuhjoined this note. 

*' A cuftom, favouring of Xht Scotch Bd tein, prevails in 
Ghucefterjhir , par:icularly about Newmt^ and the ncigh-r 
bouring parifhes, on the twelfth day, or on the Epiphany, in 
the evening : all the fervants of every particular farmer 
aflemble together in one of the fields that has been Town 
^iih wheat; on the border of which, in the' nioft con- 

f|>icuoqs 



A P P E N D I X, 135 

fpiGUOus or moft elevated place, they make twelve fires of 
jftraw, in a row; around one of which, made larger than 
the rtft, they drink a chparful glafs of cyi^er to their mafter*$ 
health, fuccefs to the future harveft, and then returning 
home they feaft on cakes, made of carraways, &c. i9akea 
in cyder, which they clame as a reward for their paft labours 
in fowing the grain. This fecms to refemble a cuftom of 
the antijent Danpsy who, in their addrelTes to their rural 
jpleities, emptied, on every invocation, a cup in honor of 
them. NioRDi et FreJ-s: mpioria poculis recolebaiur^ annua 
tit ipfis contingent felUitaSj frugum^e et reliqua annona uher-r 
r'mus proventus. Worm. Monum. lib, I. p. a?." 4to. Ed^ 
1774., p. 97 & feq. 

And further on Mr. Pennant fays, 

^* In fome parts of the country [the Highlands of Scotland! 
|s a rural facrifice, different from that before-mentioned^ 
A crofs is cut on fome flicks, which is dipped in pottage, 
^pd the Thurfday before Eajier one of each is placed over 
the fheep-cot, the ftable, or the cow-houfe. On the ift of 
May thpy are carried to the hill where the rites are cele- 
brated, all decked with wild flowers, and after the feaft is 
pver, re-placed over the fpots they were taken from. Thefc 
follies are now feldom pradifed, and that with the utmoif 
fecTpcy ; for the clergy are indefatigable i|i difcouraging 
every fpecics of fuperftition." P. 186. 

Thefe unforefeen infertions in the Jppendix of matter xtr 
lating to the Paftoral and Supplemental Notesy contradift, it 
Yi\\\ be obfervcd, what is faid in the few lines prefixed to it. 

I forget whether I have already mentioned or not, that 
there is ap illuftration of " iht/poon^^ p. 117, and of ** the 
old mortmain ^, 135. Sad Shepherd, Whalley's Edit. inMr, 
Tyrwhitt-8 Notes on Chaucer* Vol. III. p. 316 & 317. 

We will now return to Father Southwell. The lad fimi- 
larity to Shakfpeare in ** The Vale of Tiares^* and by far the 
pioft flriking one, is this. 

** Thinke that the yerie ftpnes thy finnes bewray.'' 

«< for fear 

Thy very ftones prate of my where-about/* 

Macbeth, Vol. IV. p. 499, laft Edit. 

The following are the titles of the firft colledtion of South? 
well's Poems, exclufive of the introdudlory ones. 

** Saint Peters Complaint, [N. B. This Poem coa- 
tains 136 Stanzaf, of 6 Vmes t^c\v,"\ 



236 APPENDIX. 

Marti MagdeUns Blujb. Marie Magdalens complaint at 
Cbriftes death. Times goe by turtles. Looke home. Fortunes 
falfiood. Scorne not the Uqft. The Nativitie of Chrift. Chrijis 
Childhoode. A Child my choice. Content and rich. Lojp in 
delayes. Loves Jervile Lot. I die alive. What joy to live. 
Lifes death Loves life. At home in Heaven. -Lewd love is loffii 
Loves Garden grief. From Fortunes reach* A Phanfte turned 
to a Sinners complaints Davids Peccavi, Sinnes heavie loade. 
Jofephs Amazement. New Prince^ new pompe. The burning 
%abe. New heaven, new warre.^'* 

Were thcfc two Collc?^ions of Pcems to be reprinted, they 
might be much more properly arranged. 

1 will prefent the reader with a few fliort extrafts, and fomc 
entire Poepjs, from this firft coUeQion. 

The following apology for Poetry is in one of the author's 
addreiTes to the Reader : 

♦^ The loftie Eagle foarcs not ftill above, 

High flights will force her from the wing to ftoupe. 
And uudious thoughts at times men muft remove, 

Leaft by exccffe befoie their time they droupe. 
In courfer ftudies tis a fweet repofc, 
With Poets pleafing vaine ta temper profe." 
In the next addrefs to the reader is this line : 
** This makes my mmrning Mufe refolve in teares.'* 
See note on 

■ refolve iff elf into a d w ! 

Hamlet, Vol. X. P. 190, laft Edit, 
In this fpeech of Hamlet, he fays, 

*^ — within a month, 

&c. 

A little month ; or ere thofe fhoes were old, 
With which (he follow'd my poor father's body 
Like Niobe, all tears ; — why fhe, even fhe, — 

&c; • ■' ■ raarry'd with my uncle." 

The following paraphrafe on this paffage is, I think, 
worthy obfervation: 

*' Hey ho ! — what fliall I doe dear Love, if you dye .? 
Marry another (lays the Comedian) before one ftitch of 
his fbrouding (heel bee broken i or thofe flowers which ftuck 
his Corp e, be withered ; or one Wofinling entred his 
Coffin. Yet will thefe cunningly difguife their folace, and 
with teare-blubber'd vizards clofe up his eies, and infinitely 
rcoice in that laft ofRce," ^ Ro\v\fe!;-L<;avire^ P. 159. 



A P P E N D I X4 



^37 



It is in vain for me to endeavour to reftrain or alter tnj 
rambling irregularity; I can but repeat that I hope niy 
reader will cxcufe it ; and if am lucky enough to lurtiim 
a plealknt repaft^ the order in which it is produced is of but 
little confequence : and whatever is dull in itfelf, is by 
method rendered ftill mote fo. 

In St. Peter's Complaint is this couplet : 
** But thofe unfpotted eyes encountered mine. 
As fpot^efle Sunne doth on the dunghil fhine.*' 

The following paffage has a very ftriking refemblance to its 

** Sometimes the beam of her view gilded my foot, ibme- 
times my portly belly. 

Then did the Sun on dunghill fhine." 
Merry Wives of Windfor, Vol. I. P. 243, laft Edit. 

The two following paffages are, I think, beautiful cooa* 
parts of each other. 

** Sleepe, deaths allye, oblivion of teares. 
Silence of paffinns. balme of angry fore, 
Sufpcnce of loves, fecuritic of feares. 

Wraths lenitive, hearts eafe, Iftormes calmeft fhoiC^ 
Stnfes and fou es reprivall from all cumbers, 
Benjamming fenfe of ill with' quiet flumbcrs." 

St* Peter's Complaint; 
" Methought, I heard a voice cry. Sleep no mon! 
Sleepy that knits up the ravtltdjleave of care^ 
The death of each dafs life^ fore hbour*s bath^ 
Balm of hurt minds, great nature s fecond courfe^ 
Chief nourijher in lifers feafl^ 

Macbeth, P. 503 & 504. Vol. IV. laft EdiU 
That Shakfpeare had Southwell's Stanza in his mind whco 
he wrote this celebrated *^ encomium upon fleep,'* I caaiM 
doubt, but how happily has he varied ff omit ! 

I will nr>w t*anfcribe a few fmall poems from this col* 
leftion, which I fancy the reader will not be difpleafed with. 



Tima 



438 A # P E N to i jf . 

*• Timis goi by turitis. 

The lopjpcd tree in time may gfow againc, 

Moft naked plants renew teth fruite and flbwiJr : 

The forrieft wight may find rcleafc of paihe. 

The dryeft foyle fucke in fomfe moynning ftiower; 

Times goe by turnes, and chaunces change by courfc^ 

From foule to fairc : from better hap to worfe. 

The fca of Fortune doth not CYCf floWj 

Shee drawee her favours to the lowcft ebbe J 
Her tides have equall times to come ztkdt goe,. 

Her Loome doth weave the fine and courfeft webbei 
No joy fo great, but runneth to an end: 
No hap fo hard, but may in fine amend* 

Not alwaies fall of leafe, nor ever fpring^ 
No endlefle night, nor yet eternall day : 

The faddefl Birds a feaion find to fing^ 

The rougheft ftorme a calme may foon all^y* 

Thus with fucceeding turnes God tempereth all : 

That man may hope to rife, yet feare to fall. 

A chauftce way wjnnc that by mifchaunce was. Iofl:5 
That net that holds no great, takes little fiO^i ; 

In fome things «//, /4 all things n^ne are croft, 
Fewe all they need, but none have all they wifli* 

Unmeddled joyes heere to no man ^ef^ll : 

Who leaft, hath fome, who moft, hath never all.'* 

The oppofitions in the laft ftanza being, at firft fight, rathtf^ 
obfcure, I have taken the liberty to put two of the moft 
emphatic wocds in Italics; the Icfs intelligent reader will 
perhaps require to be told that Unme4dled means Unmingledy 
or Unmixed \ and that Moji naked plants^ in the firft fianza, 
is an ifivorfion for Plants [which arc the] moji naM. Thtf 
intelligent reader will, I am fure, be fo good to pardon thefe 
explanations^ for the fslke of thofe who may ftand in need 
of them. 



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Siorne 



A P P ie N D I X. %^ 

^< Scorne not the Utfi. 

Where wards are. weak, and foes cncouptring fe^ng. 
Where miglitier doe aflault then doe defend. 

The feebler part puts up enforced wrong, 

And filent fees that, fpeech could not amend; '. 

Yet higher powers m.uft tbinke, tiioiigh they repine. 

When funne is fet, the litt^lfi ftarr^s will ihine. 

While Pike do range, the filly Tench doth flic. 
And crouch in privie cr^ekes^ with fnxaller fift : 

Yet Pikes are caught when little filh goc by, 
Thefe fleefe aflqtf, white thofe doc fill the diA ; 

There is a time even fpr the wormes . to creepe, 

And fucke the deaw while all their foes doe ileept. 

The Marline cannot ever foare on high, 

Nor gfeedie Grey-hound ftiU pnrfue the cha$r,' 

The tender Larkc will findc a time to ilie, 

And fearfull Hare to runne a quiet race. t 

He that high growth on Cedars did beftow. 

Gave alfo lowly Muihruqsps leave to grower 

In Hamans pomp? poor Mardoeb^us wept ; 
Yet God did turne his fate upoq his foe. 
The Lazar pinde, while Dives feaft was kepty 

Yet he to heaven, to hell did Dives goe. 
We trample grafle, and prize the flowers of M^y, 
Yet graffe is grecne, when flowers doe fade away/' 

In the fecond line of the firft ftanza, for then read tban\ 
it was frequently fo fpelt by our early writers. 

Quere. Whether th^e fpelling of the word Mujhrump^ 
which we now write Mujhroom^ may not lead to fome ety- 
mology of the word at prefent «aknown ? 

It is fpelt Mujhrump in Cockeram's Diftibn^ry, xt^^. 

^^ -Content ani rith. " 

I dwell in Graces court, 

Enricht with.l^ertues rights; 
Faith guides my wir, Love leades my will, 

Hope all my mindc delights, ' 



Vc. 



MO APPENDIX. 

In lowly vales I mount 

To pleafiires higbeft pitch ; 
My feely fhroude true honour brings. 

My poore eftate is rich* 

My confcience is my crowne^ 
Contented thoughts, my reft | 

Mv hart is happie in itfelfe^ 
My blifle is in my breft« 

Enough, I rechon wealth, 

A meane, the fureft lot. 
That lyes too high for bafe contempt^ 

Too low for envies (hot* 

My wifties are but few, 

All eafie to fulfill: 
I make the limits of my power^ 

The bounds unto my will. 

I have no hepes but one^ 

Which is of heavenly raigne : 

Eflfeds attaind, or not defir'd. 
All lower hopes refrain. 

I feel no care of coyne. 

Well-doing is my wealth ; 
My mind to me &n Empire is, 
While grace afToordeth health. 

I clyp high-climing thoughts. 
The wings of fwelling pride ; 

Their fall is worft that from the height 
Of greateft honour ilide. 

Sith fayles of largeft fize 

The ftorme doth fooneft teare, 

1 bear (o low and fiidall a fai:e 
As freeth mee from feare. 

I wraftle not with Rage 
While Furies flame doth burne. 

It is in vaine to flop the ftreame 
Untill the tide doth turne. 



But 



Appendix. «4i 

Ihit when the flame is out, 

* And ebbing Wrath cloth end^ 
I turne a late enraged foe 
Into a quiet friend* 

Aiid, tsiughi with often {A'oofe; 

A tempered calme I find 
To be nioft folace to itfelfe, 

Beft core for angfie mind. 

Spare dyet i^ my fkre, • 

My clothes mote fit tdehfihei \jtkd thanj 

1 know I feede and clothe a foe. 
That pteurip'red, would repine. 

t envie not their liap 

Whom Favour doth advance ; 
t take no pl^afure in their painc ^ 

That have leffe happie chauncew 

To rife by others fall, 

I deeme a loofing gaine ; « . 

All ftated v^ith others rallies built^. 

To' ruine runne a maii;(e» 

No change of Fortunes calmds 

Can catft my comforts down, 
When Fortune fmiles, Ifmile to thiiSct 

How qtti6kly fiiee will frowite* 

And when in froward oioode 

Shec proTes an angrie foe, 
Small jsaine 1 found to let hercome^ 

Leflcloffetolcf hergo/' ' 

in this Compendium of Hap|)inels, Ihslye taktn the liberty 
tor alter the pointing here and there; and to beetn fome 
words, where 1 thought the perfonification rehired it, with 
a capitflil letter. 



Th« 



14% APPENDIX. :^ 

The beauties of the following poem can be conceived a»d 
reli(hed as they merit by none but thofe who have felt whac 
Sbakjpian^ or FUtcbir^ with peculiar felicity calls, 
*« The Jg<my of love :'• 

Sec the Two Noble Kin/mm^ Vol. X. f. 73, Uft edit, of 
Beaumont and Fletcher. 

" LoviS firvtU Lot. 

Love, miftreflfe is of many minds, 

Yet few know whom they ferve. 
They reckon leaft How little Love 

Their fervice doth deiervc. 

The will (he robbeth from the wit. 

The fenfe from reafons lore. 
She is deligbtfull in the fine, 

Corrupted in the Core ; 

She Ihroudeth vice in vertues vaile. 

Pretending good in ill. 
She ofFereth joy, aiFordeth ^ricfi^ 

A kiffe where i^ doth kilL \.\ . 

A hoiiey fhower raines from her lips. 

Sweet lights ihine in her. face. 
She hath the blufh o^. virgine n^nd, , 

The mind^ of V^cr& race. 

Shee makes thee feeke, yet feare Co ftai% s 

To finde, but not enjoy : 
In many frownes fomc gliding fmtlcs' 

Shee yeelds to more annoy. " '^ 

Shee wooes thee to come ncere her. fire. 
Yet doth (he draw it from thee ; 
' Farreoff fbc xjxakesr;thy bart.Ki^fry, 

An^d y^t to freeze within theV. , 

She '^ctrcth falKome luring baits c 

For fooles to gather up i 
Too fwect, too fowre, to eyerie taftc 

She lexnperetk her cupi 

Soft 



A t> P fi *f ij J X. 243 

Sdftfoales fhe binds ifitP&dertwift^ - 

Siiiatl fiycs ifl fpinhert webbe 4 
She fets afloate feme Itiriiig ilreamet^ 

But makes them f(4oe to ebbe. 

Her ^trile ityti have butiiiiig force §: 

Her floods and flames confpire*: 
Teares kindle fparks^ fobs fuell are^ 

And fighs doe blow her fire. 

May nevef was the Month of Loire^ 

For May is full of flowerd; 
But rather Aprill, wet by kind. 

For Love is full of fliowers* 

Like tyrant cruell Wounds (he givest 

Like Surgeon ialve^ fhe lends ; 
But falve and fore have equal! foifce^ 

For death is both their ends. 

With Toothing Words, inthralled foulea 

She chaines in fervile bands ; 
Her eye in filence hath a fpeach^ 

Which Eye beft ilnderftands. 

Her little fweet hath many fowres^ 

Shott hap immortall harmes i 
Her loving looker are murd'ring darts. 

Her ibng^ bewitching charmes. 

Like winter rpPe, and fommer ife. 

Her joyes are ftill untimely j 
Bcf >re her H'^pp, behind Rtmorfe, 

Faire firft, m fine unfeemely. 

Moodes, pafliors, fancies, jealous fiti. 

Attend upon her traine : 
Shce yeeldeth reft without repofe, 

A heaven in hellilh paine. 

Her houfe is Sloth, her doore Deceite, 

And flippcrie Hope her ftaircs ; 
UnbafhfuU B jldnefs bids her guefts, 

And everv Vice rcpaires. 

R 2 Her 



«44 A P P E >? D r X 

Her dyet is of fuch dettgbt, i ; j 

As pleafe till they be paft ; 
But then the poyfon kils the haft^ 

That did entife the ufte* 

Her fleepe iA Sinne^ cbth end ia Wntht 

Remorfe rings her awake ; 
Death cals hei" up, Shame drives her out, 

Defpaires her up-fhot make. 

Plow not th« feasi fowe -not the fands. 

Leave ofF your idle paioe ; 
Seeke other miftreife for your mindes,. 

Love's (ervice is in vainc ! .- 

I have taken a few triffrng liberties with the punduation, 
ice. of this admirable poem. That they may not be too 
copious I will here finifh my extra<^8 from Southwell: 
(bould it be wilhed that I had feleded ibnie of his piecet 
which are putely devotional, I will recommend the con- 
fideration of Dr. Johnfon^s comprehenfive periods on that 
fubjed ; which arc to n>e " fatisfying reafons.'* 

** But his devotional poetry is, like that of others, un- 
fatisfadlory. The paucity of its topicks enforces perpetual 
repetition, and the fani^ity of the matt r rejefls the orna- 
ments of figurative dif^ion. It is fufficient for Watts to 
have done better than others what no man has done well.'* 

Johnibn*8 Life of Watts. 

In the fame voluine with So^thwd^8 two poetical, and 
oae profe publication, already deicribed, there is, another 
profe work, called, 

Marie Magdelens funerall Teares. 

At .London: Printed for ff^iiitam Leake dwelling iifl 
Paulcs Church-yard at the figne of the Holy Ghoft, 1609.. 

« The Epiftle Dcdicatorie'* and addrefs «< To the 
Reader" are both figaed S» JV. and were written by the 
Author of the work itfelf ; notwithftanding which, I can* 
not h'4lp thinking, from the ilyle and manner, that this re- 
iigoius efFufion was written by Southwell. Perhaps S. W. 
May be intended to exprcis his furname only, 6oxuh ^^elL 

I here are, many very beautitui paffagcs both in tlUs tra£t, 
a»d in '* l^he triumyhi ova {)eatl)%* , 

On 



A P P E N D IX 24S 

<)n tlie back of the volume in my pofleffion, containing 
iheife four pamphlets, is written, in no modem hand, 

Southwells, tyorka. 
The reader will pleafe to recoiled that the titles of two 
iof Southwell's poems are " Marie Magdalens hlufii*^ and 
** Marie Magdalens complaint at Chrijles death J* 

In the " Catalogueof Mr^CAyell'sShakesperiana; 
prefentcd by him to Trinity College, Cambridge, and print- 
ed from an exaft copy of his own MS. 1779/' ^^ ^^PX °^ 
which Mr. Steevens has done me the honour to prefetit me 
in fo very polite a manner, that I am at a lofs fbr adequate 
(CXpreffions of thankfulnefs), Ifind the following entries of 
BsuthwelPs Poems. 

M. 

134. Maeoniae, &c. poems. R. S, 1595; 4^* R. 18. 

S. 
^95. Saint Peter's Complaint &c. 

Poems. 1595, 4*^. R. 18. 

Before thefe ktter fheets were printed off, Mr. Malonc 
4id me the honour alfo to prefent me a Copy of his Second 
Appendix to his Supplement to Shakspeare ; for which, 
and his former favour of Spenfer'*s Ferfes^ 1 beg him to ac- 
cept my many thanks: The courtely and tafle of thefe 
Gentleoien go hand in hand, and can be excelled only (if 
at a 1) by their critical fagacity. 

Excepting thtee commendatory Poems by Ben Jonfon, 
-not in Mr. Whalley's Edition of his Works, I will trouble 
the reader with but two more extrads ; one (which wiil be 
wondered at, it being pf confiderable length, till the reafon 
for it is known) irom a book in the hands of almoft every 
perlon of tafte, " The Reliques of Ancient Poetry ;" and 
the other (which will, perhaps, be more wondered at) from 
^. News -paper. 

The paper I allude to is the St. Jam^^s-s Chronicle j which, 
1 taike this opportunity to obferve, is often made the re- 
pofit(;ry pf very elegant critical, poetical, and hiftorical 
piccv^f 



R 3 \^ 



%4f^ A P P E N D J I# 

In Vol. III. p. 239. of the *< Rdiqu^,'^ Edit. 1775, 
wc hare, 

**. Love will find out the way. 

. ThU iitceUtnt Jang is anciint : bmt m ^uld mly^ fhf it front 
niitUm copies. 

Over the mountains, 

And over the waves ; 
UDde*" the fountains, 

And under the graves ; 
Under floods th^t are c^eepeft^ 

Which Ncpiune obey j 
Over rocks that are ftecpcft, 

Love will find opt the way. 

IjVhcre there is no place 

For the glow- worm to Ue i 
Where there i$ no fpacc 

Vox receipt of a fly ; 
Where the midge dares not yentuif, , , 

Left hericU faft Ihe lay ; 
If Love come, he will enter. 

And foon find out his way. 

You may eftecm him 

A child for his might J 
Or you may deem bim 

A coward from his flight ; 
But if flic, whom Love doth honour, * ' 

Be conceal'd from the day, 
Set a thoufand guards upon her. 

Love will find out the way. 

Some think to lofe him, 

By having him confin'd; 
And i" mc do luppoic him, 
X Po jr thing, to be blind ; 

But if ne'er fo clofe yc wall him^ 

D » the beft that you may. 
Blind Love, if fo yc call him, 
Will hnd out the way. 

% You 



A 4> P E N D "I X. 047 

You may train the eagle 

To ftoop to your fift ; 
Or you may inw^e 

The phenix of the caft ; . 
The lionefs, ye may move htr 

To give o*cr her prey ; - 

But you 'II ne'er ftop a lover : 

He will find out his way," 

<< To the Printer of the St. James's ChroMcli. 

Sir, 

The learned and accurate Deeh of Carlifle, [now Bilhop 
of Dromore. Editor.] in the third Volume of his Reliquit 
$f ancient EngUJh Poetry^ Book III. has printed only thtfirft 
Part of the inclofcd Ballad, with the following Note pre- 
fixed to it. <* This excellent Song is ancient : But we 
could only give it from modern copies.** 

An antique Copy of both Divifions of this Curiofity 
having lately fallen into my Hands, I ihall traafcribe the 
latt$r with all its Teeming Imperfections, hoping it may find 
its Way into fome future Edition of Dr. Percy's ingenious 
and entertaining Work. 

** Truth's Integrity, 

Or a curious Northcrne Ditty, called 

Live willfiruk out the Way. 

To a pleafant new Tunc. 

The Secojad Part. 

" The Gordian Knot 

Which true Lovers knit 
Undoe you cannot, 

Nor yet breake it. 
Make Ufe of your Inventions 

Their Fancier to betray, 
T© fruflrate your Intentions 

h(iVi witlfindi out the iVay* 

R A From 



H« A P f E N P J % 

From Court to the Cottage, 
* In Bower and in Hall, 
^rom the Kipg unto the Beggar^ 

Love conquers all. 
Though nere fo ftoult and lordly 

Strive doe what you may. 
Yet be you nere fo iurdy^ 

Love will findt out the ff^^. 

Love hatb Power over Princes, 
Andgrcateft Emperour, • 

In any Provinces 
^ Sufch is Love's Power. 

T*icre is no rcfifting 
But him to obey, 

|n Spight of all contelljng 

^ Love willfinde out the tPay^ 

If that hcc were hidden. 

And all Men that are 
Were ftriflly forbidden 

That place tq declare ; 
Winds that have np Abidings, 

Pitybg their delay, 
Will come and bring him Ti.dii^gs. 

And direil him the IVaj. 

If the Earth fhpuld part him. 

Hi would galop it ore ; 
If the Sea^ fhould qrethwart him^ 

He would fwim to the (hore. 
ISbould his Love become a Swallow 

Through the Ayrc to ftray^ 
Love would lend Wings to follow, 

And will findi out the Wqj^ 

Thjprcis no ftriying 

To crolie his Intdnt^j 
There is no contriving 

his Plots to pievent; 



But 



A P P E N I> I X, a4» 

jBut }{ once ^e Meflage greet him 

That his true Love doth ftay, 
If beatli (hould come and meejt bim| 

Lwe will findt 9ut the Waj^ 

F I N I S. 

<^ Printed at London^ ibr F. Copies^ dwelling in dii; 
pidBaiJy/' 

I may here add^ that ths fird Part of thii Ballad in th|^ 
old Copy, varies, in many Inflances, from that already pub- 
liflied by our elegant and poetical Antiquary, 

I am, Sir, 

Your very humWc Servant*** 

I have infrrtcd tjiis feppnd part of *• L9v$ will findt cut 
fhilVayy' left it might not have been noticed in fo fugitive a 
vehicle as a News-paper; I have alfo inferled the firft 
part for the convenience of thofe who do not poifefs the 
^< Reliques," and tha): bptl) pf^rt» may 9gain be united in one 
publication, 

\ will no^ pre^nt the reader with tl^ree fhiall poems by 
Jonfon, I believe not in any colleAion of his worses, and^ 
then conclude. The fbllowing^prefixed to *^ The jPaffions^ 
p/j ibe Miinde in general.-' 410/1604. 

In Piflure, they which truly underftand. 

Require (beCides the likenefle of the thing) 

Light, Pofture, Heightening, Shadow, Culloring, 

All which are parts commend the cunning hand ; 

And all your Book (when it is ihroughly fcan'd) 

Will well confeiTe; prefenting, limiting^ 

Each fubt'left Paflion, with her fource, and fpring. 

So bold, as fhewes yqur Art you can command. 

But now your Wprke js done, if that they view 

Tne feverall figure?, Ungui(h in fufpencc. 

To judge which Pa0k)n's f«ilii:, and wnich is true, 

Bctweene the doubtful Iway of Reafon' and Senie ; 

*ri8 not your fault, if they ihall fenfe prefcrre. 

Being tpuld there. Reafon ^ani.pt, Scnie may crre. [ 



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t~^ -. 



I 



^550 A P P e'^n' Ti i X. ' 

Te Ruttcr's Spifihear gi fyoly Day, A Paporal iTragU 
comcdie. ^±£^ssiff-H\h&; ttlri lUfe-figc tg,w6ifili IS ia 
MlgM^^aiMl 1635. M fi i Thr ^^^nT f^-H'- ii tfir fimr 
withjonfon's to Tbi SadU4fba4^ii.pjiSj^u'\ fliii ■JiiH^i 

•^ Ti iwy Ajr/ Sonne J and rtght^Uarned Fritndp 
Maftir JosE^ft Ruttea. 

You looke, my Jofeph, I fliould fomcthing fay ^ 
. Unto the woritJy \t\ praife of your frji Play ; 1 
And iruciy, fo I woald, could I be heafd. 
You know^, I never was oi Truth afe^ird. 
And Icfl'e afliam'd ; not when I told the crowd 
How well I lov'd Truth : I was (carcc al'ow'd 
By tbofe deep-grdundcd, utfderftanding men. 
That fit to crnfure Playes, yet know not when. 
Or why to like ; they found, it alt was new, * 
And newer, then [r. than] could plcafe them, by^^cavUe 

trew. 
Such men I met withafl, and fo have you. 
Now, for mine owne part, and it is but due, 
f You have dcferv'd it from me) I have read, * 
And weighM your Play : uotwifted ev'ry thread. 
And know the woofc, and warpe thereof ; can tell 
Where it runs round, and even : where fo well^ 
So loft, and fmooth it handles, the whole piece. 
As it were fpu'n by nature, off the fleece: 
This is my cenfure. Now there is ia new 
Office of Wit, a Mint, and (this is true) 
Cry'd up of late : Whereto there muft be firft 
A MaUer-wo ke'- call'd, th'old ftanderd burft 
Of wit, and a new made : a Warderi theft, 
And a C«mptr9il(r^ two moft rigid men 
For order, and, for goveroiag the pixe, 
A Say^maftiT. hath Uudied all the tricks 
. Of Fimniffe^ and alUy : follow bis hint, 
Yo' have all the Myjiiriii of U^iti new Mini, ^ 
The.W/W/c^fj, »iAr/«r£j, and t^ fame 
IT^ncl tided from a Carra^ to a dramme^ 

''^ ^- ' B|£N JPNSON." 



^ ,,...,. -^ ■* 



A P P E N D I X, %^x 

Tlic following ^ul^gy prefixed to May's Luc an is'. meti- 
lioned by Mr. wh;>llcy ; but, for wgnt of a copy ^at hand,-. 
not iofcrt^d in his jpnioB. The feditioi> I tranfcribc frowi 
Utl^4Xh, 1650* 

y<sj^ To my chofcn Friend, 
Thi learned Tranjlator of LucAK, 
T H O MA 5 M AY, Bjquire^ 

When, Rme^l rc^d thee in thy mighty pair. 
And fee both climbing up the flippery flair 
Of Fortunes wheel by ii/rtf» driv'n about^ 
And the world in ir, I begin to doubt, 
At every lin^ fome pin thereof ihould flack 
At leaft, if not the general Engine crack. 
But when again I view the parts fo peiz'd, 
'And thofe in number fo, and meafurp rai^Mf 
As neither Tftfiwp/// popularity, 
Cafor's ambition, Cato*s liberty. 
Calm Brutus tenor ftart, but all along 
Keep due proportion in the ample fong, 
ifi makes me ravilh'd with jufl wonder, cry 
What Mufe, or rather God of harmony 
Taught Lucan thefe true moodes ! replies my fence 
What gods but thofe of arts, and eloquence ? 
Phoebus^ and Hermes ? They \yhofe tongue, or pen 
Are flill th* interpreters twixt god^, and men ! 
But who hath them interpreted, and brought 
Lucan*s whole frame unto us, and fo wrought, 
As not the fipallcft joynt, or gentleft word 
In ilie great mafle, or ipachine there is ftirr'd ? • - .. 
The felf fame Genius ! fo the work will fay. 
11:^ Sun tranflated, or the Son of May, 1 

Tourirue friend in Judienieni 

an'i Gmfe ^ 

B^N JoNJON/f 

There arc alfo commendatory poems by Ben prefixed to 
Drayton's Works, 8vo, 1753; and to Brownc^s Paflorals, 
i2;no, 1772, neither of which \ belicye is in Mr. Whalky's 
Jonfon ; but as thofe editions are common^ ( thought it ; 
{icedlefs to iiifcrt them lierct 



'^ 



tyi A P P E N b I K. 

Tocondudci • The candid reader, lam fure, wil! not 
think thac I have been Contriving nieans to make a b$ok^ the 
nature of the contents of ihis little repofitory of antique 
poetry, &c. fufficiently declare my views to have been diredt'cd 
to the fervice of literature, not to jy'ivate emolument : and 
the great fcarci^ of (bme of th^ vc rijps contained therein, to* 
gcther with theij[ beauty (without wl^jch thjsir being fcarce 
would be a recommendation only to lanicifut cfolledtoj-s of 
rare nothings)^ wilM l^pe atone for the frivoloufnefs of fome 
of the incidental matter, and the defeats of my bumble 
eflay to complete The Sad Shepherd. 

Should the Critics be inclined to fpeak of this Publi- 
cation with afperit^, they ipay truly call ii ^^ An injiidicious 
farrago^ a gaflimaufry of things which both do and do not 
belong to the fi)b e£l, thrown and juii^bjed together, without 
fyftem, arrangcraeot> or perfpicuity.'* 

See ObTervations on The Three Firft Volumes of The 
Jiiilory of Englilh Poetry, 4to. 178?. page 48. 

That a great deal of this liett:rogenous jumble will be 
jthought trifling by fome, I am certain ; ijit thf fame time I am 
not without h(?pe tt^at the moft fe/emingly*trivial parts ^ereof 
yi'xW be acceptable to others, and evince a defire in the com- 
piler to entertain and inform : and though, from the want 
of arrangement, they may coUeftiyely appear a mere bundie 
of weeds ;^I am fure, when feparated, there will be found 
fome flowers worthy a place in the fairell gardjen. 

Should what is hjc.e fubmitted to the Pqbiic be favourably 
received^ i may vcntur^ to produce fomejthing more of the 
fame kind ; if not, I (hall reil fatisiied in ^ny dcciiion made 
with candour and liberality j thopgh it be to condemn this 
trifle, and what has ngt yet been obtruded, to oblivion. 

I will now take my leaye pf the (no doubt) tired teadcr, 
whom I have led through fo intricate a maze; and conclude 
with one general apology to thofe PerCms, whofe names 
and writings I have made free with, hoping it has been done 
without offence : the pleafure and inftruftion all who rea4 
piuft receive from their learned and judicious obfervations, 
demanding in return, the moft pqlite attention to them- 
Iplyes, aifd refpcdtful meptipn pf ihpir elegant pfoduftion^. 



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TO THE 



SAD SHEPHERD, &c. 



P. 9. note I .line 2. for In his mte of read in his note •n. 

' ibid, line 6. for age read age. 
P, i6, line .5. iox fcarlot Yt?id/carkt. 

ibid^ note J for fiwments rt^dfiwmetj. 
P. li, line 9,, for^<>, «<?, no; read No^ no, no, no; 
fi, j6, line;io. after Lionel, jimie^ Jlken, infcrt Tuck* 

ibid, note 7, dele 1641 the fame . 
P. 20. 1. 16. for Euftachii read Eufathii. 
f.zif dele «.tf/^ *, and inflcad, fee Supplemental Notes, p, 118 

and 119. 
P. 24. For £«/^r Maudlin the wtch, as Marian, read only E$uer 
' Marian. N. B.. It is really Maudlin who enters as Ma- 
rian ; but the information to the reader is premature, 

and was inferted by accident. 
Ibid, note 3. for ^, qu^ha fuld let me? read/, qm^ha, ISc. 

The Pronoun Zis not the fenfe her^, but it is proper to 

give Mr. .Whalley'a notes literatim. 
p. 27. line 17. iox fathet rt2id farther. 
P. 28. for So like i)ouce, rend So like^ Douce. 
P. 29. for Lorel enters,, reUafes, ^c. rc^d LohI enters, and r#. 

leafes, £sfr. * ^ 

p.* 30. note, line 9, re?d Aft/»oii^«. 
P. 31. note, lines 2 and 3, for Relieve ^ or iilieve, read hlive, or 

bilive. 

p, 3.. 



iU A to t) 1 1 i 6 *j s And 

p. 3«. for A fiink oHdhroci^ read A JinkoMd hrock. 
P. 33. line 10, for fhi newy &c. read 7ty new^ Zee. 
'V^ 34. Note, quotation from l^heocrittts, read d^a^ 
p. 3$. Read, Enter Marian^ Mellifleur, and Amie« 
Ibid 4 note, after dicebant put a commas 
P. 36. line 6. dele the note of interrogatioii SihtTjU^ce, ari4 
; inftrt a cortfmsr iftftcJid. , . 

Ibid, note, for Feighting read Feiting. 
P. 37. for -4f> *^ mother Maudlin f read /, to mother Maudlin f 

the pronoun / being the fenfe intended. 
P. 38* for Sea. Sea. Sca^vtti ScaKScmti Scat* 
P. 4.0. line II. for fend read fend. 
Ibid, for Sea. read Scat. 
P. 46 for tf gloon^f dingle read a gUony dimble^ and fee Supple- 

mental Notes, p.ii6'&ii7. 
Ibid, lad line of the text, for chum read chum. 

P. 48. line 20. dele the accentual mark ovct foul. 
Jbid. linev 22. after cry mien a comma. 

1*. 55. The Stage-di region [7i them enter Maudlin^ (sfc. fliould 
precede the previous liine. Whither intend you f, tsfc. 

P. 56. Hath heforfook mef fliould precede P«ii-;6tf/ry enters^ i^c. 

P. 57. line 13. zhcvwhenyou are faji ^em^ infcrt {ji^de. 

Ibid, line 17. after Where are you gaang now ? inftead of 
[Lorel meets her^ read [Maudlin folio-wing ^ Lorel meets her. 

P. 64. line 37. read Fair Marian^ &c. 

P. 73, after J^5 IV. infert Scene ^ Rohin^s Bo^er. 

p. 93. after line 6, infert Exeunt Ear ine^ Mar. Mel^andAmie. 

Ibid, line^ 17. for intention read intent on. 

P. 99. Note *, for p. 51 read 71- ; i 

P. 101. line 14. for ^df/^ read i)^<i/^. 

P. 104. line 13. rcsid^ But fee / the fprite^^Cm 

P. 106. line 7. read, ^hy mil^efs mighty l^c. 

'■ '- . S U P P b E M E N T A L N O T EtS. 

P. 123. line 25. Piit a colon after " VUhuy thee many a thing:** 
P, 130, line 33. dele /, /« mother Maudlin.'* 

Se^^«rratum, p. 37. 
P. 132. line 6. for P. 640. re^d P. 140. 
>lbid. lafl line but 6, ^ox Jtlk^vorms VQ2Ld flk^worm^s. 
P, 133. line 12, for So haw rezd fo bow ^(^e. ' : 

P. 135*. lail line but ^. dele remark it in its proper place ^^vA 
-J infert inflead difturh the text ; e. g. 

I did not diHurb the te>Lt, becaufe, S^c» 

After 



C 0*lt£C T lOfJ 1 ijj 

AftctP. iS9reaidi6Q. 

F« i6o. after inconilderate fool that wields it» line 26, infert 
After this work (the laft fheet excepted) was printed 
off, in the fummer of 1783, the Editor faw, at Rich* 
mond in Surrey, a Company of Morrice- Darners from 
Abington, acconapanied by a Fool in a motley-jacket^ 
&c* who carried in his hand a ftaff or truncheon, about 
two feet long, having a blown-up bladder fadened to 
one cod of it ; with which he either buffeted the croud 
to keep them at a proper diHance from the dancers, 
or played tricks for the fpedtators* diverfion« The 
Dancehs and the Fool were Berkfhire-Husbandmeo^ 
taking an annual circuit, collecting money from whoever 
would give them any % and (I apprehend) had derived 
the appendage of the bladder from cuffom immemorialj; 
not ivom Old Plays^ or the commentaries thereon. 
P. 167, laft word «»^4/. 
P. I74« line 20. fbr oratorical read oratorhU 
P. l8o, line 17. for Bn^fleys read D4>dfle/s* 
Ibid. line. 29. for would read worlds 
P. i8;. lines 11 & i2« read (he having had his ears, Ice.) 
P, 189. line 29. for untertakings rcsid undertakings » 
P. 222. line 24. for iufitument read infirumcnt, 
P. Z2^. dele all that follows in that page after ** Siec Mr. 
. *Steevens*snote." 
The corredion therein defired having been made in the 
text by the Comppfitor, in confequenc^ af what is there 
faid, unknown to the Editor. 
P. 237. line 5. for and 'whatever^ &c. read/^r 'whatever^ &c. 
Ibid, lines 15 & f(f. l^ead beautijul counterparti^ &c. 
P. 240. 17. for ^ij^x read ^4>^i. 



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